Psalms 78:53
He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
World English Bible
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 led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
54He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
Cross References
Exodus 14:15The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
Exodus 14:27Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. The LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
Exodus 15:10You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Psalms 106:11The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
Hebrews 11:29By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.
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 →