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Psalm 78:54–55

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78:54He brought them to the border of his holy land,

to this mountainous land64 which his right hand65 acquired.

78:55He drove the nations out from before them;

he assigned them their tribal allotments66

and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.67

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Footnotes

  1. 64 Heb “this mountain.” The whole land of Canaan seems to be referred to here. In Exod 15:17 the promised land is called the “mountain of your [i.e., God’s] inheritance.”
  2. 65 The “right hand” here symbolizes God’s military strength (see v. 55).
  3. 66 Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”
  4. 67 Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he brought them to his holy land,

to the mountain which his right hand had won.

He drove out nations before them;

he apportioned them for a possession

and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,

to the hill country his right hand had taken.

He drove out nations before them

and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;

he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He brought them to his holy territory,

to the mountain his right hand acquired.

He drove out nations before them.

He apportioned their inheritance by lot

and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

NLTNew Living Translation

He brought them to the border of his holy land,

to this land of hills he had won for them.

He drove out the nations before them;

he gave them their inheritance by lot.

He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So he brought them to his holy territory,

this mountain his right hand acquired.

And he drove out nations before them

and allocated them for an inheritance by boundary line,

and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary,

Even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

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.