Psalms 78:53
He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
In Context
52But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.
54And he was their guide to his holy land, even to the mountain, which his right hand had made his;
Cross References
Exodus 14:15And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.
Exodus 14:27And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
Exodus 15:10You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.
Psalms 106:11And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end.
Hebrews 11:29By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →