New English Translation
Psalms 78:54
54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.
Psalms 78:54 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
- New International Version (NIV)And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
Context of Psalms 78:54
52Yet 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. He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired. 55He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. 56Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:54 word by word
וַ֭יְבִיאֵם אֶל־גְּב֣וּל קָדְשׁ֑וֹ הַר־זֶ֝֗ה קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:54
- Exodus 15:13By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.
- Daniel 9:16O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.
- Daniel 11:45He will pitch his royal tents between the seas toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.
- Psalms 44:3For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.
- Ephesians 1:14who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:54
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 54The border of his sanctuary - קדשו kodsho, "of his holy place," that is, the land of Canaan, called afterwards the mountain which his right hand had purchased; because it was a mountainous country, widely differing from Egypt, which was a long, continued, and almost perfect level.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary - The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render this, “to the mountain of his holiness”; that is, his holy mountain. But the reference is rather to the whole land of Canaan. He brought them to the borders of that land - the land of promise - the holy land. They who came out from Egypt did not indeed enter that land, except Caleb and Joshua, but they were conveyed to its borders before all of them fell. It…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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