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Psalm 78:54 KJV
Psalms · chapter 78 · verse 54
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.Psalm 78:54 · King James Version
Psalm 78:54 in context
52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55He 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.
56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctuaryqôdesha sacred place or thingH6944 →
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- bordergᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- handyâmîynthe right hand or side of a person or other objectH3225 →
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The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 40-72