Psalms 78:55

"He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken."

Key Reflection

Psalms 78:55 recounts how God led the Israelites to the borders of Canaan, specifically Mount Zion, which was understood as the location where true worship and the presence of God were centered. For the original audience, this imagery would have evoked memories of the Exodus and their journey towards the Promised Land, emphasizing that despite their eventual disobedience and rejection of God's guidance, He had still brought them to a place where His sanctuary was established.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He cast out the heathen also before them -literally, the nations. The idea of their being pagan, in the sense which is now attached to that word, is not in the original. The word is one which would be applied to any nation, without reference to its religion. These nations were, indeed, pagans according to the present use of that term, but that idea is not necessarily in the Hebrew word. And divided them an inheritance by line -Divided to his people an inheritance by a measurement of the land. That is, the land was partitioned out among the tribes, by a survey, fixing their limits and boundaries. SeeJoshua 13:7;Joshua 18:0;Joshua 19:0.

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