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Psalm 78:54-56
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 78:54-56
New Catholic Bible
54 He brought them to his holy land,
to the mountain his right hand had purchased.
55 He drove out the nations before them,
apportioning a heritage for each of them
and settling the tribes of Israel in their tents.[a]
56 [b]Even so, they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High,
refusing to observe his decrees.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:55 The psalmist here summarizes the story of the Conquest told in Joshua.
- Psalm 78:56 This part, like its predecessors, begins with the remembrance of Israel’s sins and evokes the time of Samuel and Saul in the Book of Judges. Because of the people’s infidelity, God rejected Israel (see Jer 7:12ff).
