Psa 78:43-68 | NASB2020 | STEP | When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan ,

Psalms 78:43-68

43 When He performed His ^asigns in Egypt
And His ^bmarvels in the field of Zoan,
44 And ^cturned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 He sent swarms of ^dflies among them that devoured them,
And ^efrogs that destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the ^fgrasshopper
And the product of their labor to the ^glocust.
47 He ^{▼▼Lit was killing}destroyed their vines with ⁱhailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also turned their ^jcattle over to the hailstones,
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
49 He ^ksent His burning anger upon them,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of ^{▼▼Lit angels of evil ones; another reading is evil angels}destroying angels.
50 He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their souls from death,
But ^mturned their lives over to the plague,
51 And ⁿstruck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The ^ofirst and best of their vigor in the tents of ^pHam.
52 But He ^qled His own people out like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness ^rlike a flock;
53 He led them ^ssafely, so that they did not fear;
But ^tthe sea engulfed their enemies.

54 So ^uHe brought them to His holy ^{▼▼Lit border, territory}land,
To this ^{▼▼Or mountain
,} ^xhill country ^ywhich His right hand had gained.
55 He also ^zdrove out the nations from them
And ^aaapportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,
And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they ^{▼▼Or put to the test
,} ^actempted and ^adrebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and ^aeacted treacherously like their fathers;
They ^afturned aside like a treacherous bow.
58 For they ^agprovoked Him with their ^ahhigh places
And ^aimoved Him to jealousy with their ^ajcarved images.
59 When God heard them, He ^{▼▼Or became infuriated}was filled with ^alwrath
And He utterly ^amrejected Israel;
60 So that He ^anabandoned the ^aodwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent ^{▼▼Some ancient versions where He dwelt}which He had pitched among people,
61 And He gave up His ^aqstrength to captivity
And His glory ^arinto the hand of the enemy.
62 He also ^asturned His people over to the sword,
And ^{▼▼Or became infuriated}was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
63 ^auFire devoured ^{▼▼Or their}His young men,
And ^{▼▼Or their}His ^axvirgins had no wedding songs.
64 ^{▼▼Or their}His ^azpriests fell by the sword,
And ^{▼▼Or their}His ^bbwidows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord ^bcawoke as if from sleep,
Like a ^bdwarrior ^{▼▼Or sobered up from}overcome by wine.
66 He ^{▼▼Lit struck
,} ^bgdrove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
67 He also ^bhrejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount ^biZion, which He loved.