55 He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
55 He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
55 He scattered everyone who got in their way; he staked out an inheritance for them - the tribes of Israel all had their own places.
55 He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
55 He drove out the nations before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 78:55
Commentary on Psalm 78:40-55.
(Read Psalm 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 like sheep; and guided them in the wilderness, as a shepherd his flock, with all care and tenderness. Thus the true Joshua, even Jesus, brings his church out of the wilderness; but no earthly Canaan, no worldly advantages, should make us forget that the church is in the wilderness while in this world, and that there remaineth a far more glorious rest for the people of God.