Psalms 78:52
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Psalms 78:52 in other translations
| BSB | He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. |
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| WEB | But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
| ASV | But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
| YLT | And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness, |
| DARBY | And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock; |
| BBE | But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock. |
| Webster | But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
What does Psalms 78:52 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 78:52-54
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:40-55
Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth…
Psalms 78:52 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 78:52
- Psalms 77:20
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Nehemiah 9:12
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
- John 10:11-42
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. …
- Isaiah 63:11-14
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
- Psalms 100:3
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Psalms 105:37
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
- Luke 15:4-6
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
- Psalms 95:7
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Ezekiel 34:11-31
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. …
- Jeremiah 23:2-4
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord. And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.
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77:20; 105:37; Ne 9:12; Isa 63:11-14
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95:7; 100:3; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:2-4; Eze 34:11-31; Lu 15:4-6
Joh 10:11-42
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Context
- Psalms 78:51
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
- Psalms 78:52
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- Psalms 78:53
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Psalms 78:52 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero hizo salir á su pueblo como ovejas, y llevólos por el desierto, como un rebaño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il fit partir son peuple comme des brebis, et les mena comme un troupeau dans le désert; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er ließ sein Volk wegziehen gleich Schafen, und leitete sie gleich einer Herde in der Wüste; |