Psaume 78:62

62 Il abandonna son peuple à l'épée, et s'indigna contre son héritage.

Psaume 78:62 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:62

He gave his people over also to the sword
To those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; that is, to the Philistines, when there fell of them thirty thousand men at once, ( 1 Samuel 4:10 )

and was wroth with his inheritance;
and the above showed that he was, though they were his inheritance, his portion and possession, and he had chosen them for it, ( Psalms 33:12 ) .

Psaume 78:62 In-Context

60 Il abandonna la demeure de Silo, la tente qu'il avait dressée parmi les hommes.
61 Il livra sa gloire à la captivité, et sa majesté aux mains de l'ennemi.
62 Il abandonna son peuple à l'épée, et s'indigna contre son héritage.
63 Le feu dévora ses jeunes hommes, et ses vierges ne furent point chantées.
64 Ses sacrificateurs tombèrent par l'épée, et ses veuves ne pleurèrent pas.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.