Psalms 78:55

55 He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

Psalms 78:55 in Other Translations

55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

55 He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

55 He drove out the nations before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.

55 He scattered everyone who got in their way; he staked out an inheritance for them - the tribes of Israel all had their own places.

55 He drove out nations before them. He apportioned their inheritance by lot and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Psalms 78:55 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:55

He cast out the Heathen also before them
The seven nations, the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, ( Deuteronomy 7:1 )

and divided them an inheritance by line:
the land of Canaan was divided among the nine tribes and a half by Joshua, the other two and a half having had their portion assigned them on the other side; this distribution was made very exactly by lot, by line, and measure, so that every tribe had their proper portion and inheritance; see ( Joshua 13:6-8 Joshua 13:32 ) ( 14:1-5 ) ,

and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents;
in the cities, towns, villages, and houses of the Heathen cast out before them.

Psalms 78:55 In-Context

53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.

54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.

55 He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

56 But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.

57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 44:2
• 2. S Deuteronomy 1:38; S Joshua 13:7; Acts 13:19