Psalms 78:54

Then brought he them within his own holy bounds, The mountain-range, which his right hand made his own:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

In Context

53Yea he led them securely, and they dreaded not, And, their enemies, the sea did cover.

55So he drave out, before them, [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell, in their own homes, the tribes of Israel.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:17Thou bringest them in and plantest them, In the mountain of thine inheritance, Thy dwelling-place to abide in which thou hast made, O Yahweh,—A hallowed place O My Lord which thy hands have established.

Psalms 68:16Wherefore start ye up, ye mountains, ye peaks? The mountain God hath coveted for his habitation, Surely, Yahweh will inhabit it ever!

Jeremiah 32:23And they came in and took possession of it But hearkened not unto thy voice Nor in thy law, did they walk, Nought of what thou hadst commanded them to do, did they do,—And so thou hast caused to befall them all this calamity.

Daniel 11:45and will plant his palace-home between the seas, towards the beautiful holy mountain, but shall come to his end, with none to help him.

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 →

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