Psalms 78:50-60

50 He did not restrain his anger or spare their lives, but killed them with a plague.
51 He killed the first-born sons 1 of all the families of Egypt.
52 Then he led his people out like a shepherd 2 and guided them through the desert.
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid; 3 but the sea came rolling over their enemies.
54 He brought them to his holy land, 4 to the mountains which he himself conquered.
55 He drove out the inhabitants as his people advanced; 5 he divided their land among the tribes of Israel and gave their homes to his people.
56 But they rebelled against Almighty God 6 and put him to the test. They did not obey his commandments,
57 but were rebellious and disloyal like their ancestors, unreliable as a crooked arrow.
58 They angered him with their heathen places of worship, and with their idols they made him furious.
59 God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely.
60 He abandoned his tent in Shiloh, 7 the home where he had lived among us.

Cross References 7

  • 1. 78.51Exodus 12.29.
  • 2. 78.52Exodus 13.17-22.
  • 3. 78.53Exodus 14.26-28.
  • 4. 78.54Exodus 15.17;Joshua 3.14-17.
  • 5. 78.55Joshua 11.16-23.
  • 6. 78.56Judges 2.11-15.
  • 7. 78.60Joshua 18.1;Jeremiah 7.12-14; 26.6.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. shiloh: [The central place of worship for the people of Israel before the time of King David.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.