rsv Psalms:78:54-68-69
rsv@Psalms:78:54 @ He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
rsv@Psalms:78:55 @ And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won.
rsv@Psalms:78:56 @ He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
rsv@Psalms:78:57 @ Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not observe his testimonies,
rsv@Psalms:78:58 @ but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.
rsv@Psalms:78:59 @ For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
rsv@Psalms:78:60 @ When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.
rsv@Psalms:78:61 @ He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among men,
rsv@Psalms:78:62 @ and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.
rsv@Psalms:78:63 @ He gave his people over to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage.
rsv@Psalms:78:64 @ Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage song.
rsv@Psalms:78:65 @ Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
rsv@Psalms:78:66 @ Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.
rsv@Psalms:78:67 @ And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame.
rsv@Psalms:78:68 @ He rejected the tent of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of E'phraim;