Salmi 78:52

52 E ne aveva fatto partire il suo popolo, a guisa di pecore; E l’aveva condotto per lo deserto, come una mandra.

Salmi 78:52 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:52

But made his own people to go forth like sheep
The people of Israel, whom the Lord chose to be his peculiar people above all others; these he caused to go forth out of Egypt, with a mighty hand and stretched out arm; like sheep, weak, timorous, unarmed, harmless, and inoffensive, not a dog daring to move his tongue at them: the power of God was wonderfully displayed in the delivery of his poor, helpless, and oppressed people, well may it be ascribed to him; for it was not their arm, but his, that brought them out:

and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
by the hands of Moses and Aaron, ( Psalms 77:20 ) , he also going before them as the Shepherd of the flock, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; he kept them together as a flock from scattering, straying, and being lost; and directed their way in the untrodden wilderness, through all the windings and turnings of it, and protected them from all dangers and enemies.

Salmi 78:52 In-Context

50 Ed aveva appianato il sentiero alla sua ira, E non aveva scampata l’anima loro dalla morte, Ed aveva dato il lor bestiame alla mortalità.

51 Ed aveva percossi tutti i primogeniti in Egitto, E le primizie della forza ne’ tabernacoli di Cam.

52 E ne aveva fatto partire il suo popolo, a guisa di pecore; E l’aveva condotto per lo deserto, come una mandra.

53 E l’aveva guidato sicuramente, senza spavento; E il mare aveva coperti i lor nemici.

54 Ed egli li aveva introdotti nella contrada della sua santità, Nel monte che la sua destra ha conquistato.