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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.
57 They turned away and were disloyal like their ancestors;
    they were as unreliable as a faulty bow.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:55 The psalmist here summarizes the story of the Conquest told in Joshua.
  2. 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).