Discovery BoxPsalms 78:52-55 
Context78:52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep;
he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
78:53 He guided them safely along,
while the sea covered their enemies.
78:54 He brought them to the border of his holy land,
to this mountainous land 1 which his right hand 2 acquired.
78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;
he assigned them their tribal allotments 3
and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. 4
1 tn Heb “this mountain.” The whole land of Canaan seems to be referred to here. In Exod 15:17 the promised land is called the “mountain of your [i.e., God’s] inheritance.”
2 tn The “right hand” here symbolizes God’s military strength (see v. 55).
3 tn Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”
4 tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”
