New English Translation
Psalms 78:52
52Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
Psalms 78:52 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- New International Version (NIV)But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
Context of Psalms 78:52
50He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction. 51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham. Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock. 53He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies. 54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:52 word by word
וַיַּסַּ֣ע כַּצֹּ֣אן עַמּ֑וֹ וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:52
- Psalms 77:20You led your people like a flock of sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Psalms 105:37He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled.
- Nehemiah 9:12You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.
- Isaiah 63:11His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,
- Psalms 95:7For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!
- Psalms 100:3Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
- Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
- Jeremiah 23:2So the Lord God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people: “You have caused my people to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done. I, the Lord, affirm it!
- Ezekiel 34:11“‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
- Luke 15:4“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?
- John 10:11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:52
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52But made his own people to go forth like sheep - That is, he was a shepherd to them. He defended them; provided for them; led them - as a shepherd does his flock. See the notes at Psalm 23:1-2.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-55Verses 40-55 Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-55The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 52-5452-54. made his ... forth--or, brought them by periodical journeys (compare Ex 15:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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