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Psalms 19

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¹ But God led His own people forward like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock.

² He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.

³ So He brought them to His holy land, To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.

⁴ He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned; And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].

⁵ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies (laws).

⁶ They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer's aim].

⁷ For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [devoted to idol worship] And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images [by denying Him the love, worship, and obedience that is rightfully and uniquely His].

⁸ When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath; And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

⁹ So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, The tent in which He had dwelled among men,

¹⁰ And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).

¹¹ He also handed His people over to the sword, And was infuriated with His inheritance (Israel).

¹² The fire [of war] devoured His young men, And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.

¹³ His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

¹⁴ Then the Lord awakened as from sleep, Like a [mighty] warrior who awakens from the sleep of wine [fully conscious of his power].

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1	But God led His own people forward like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock.
2	He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.
3	So He brought them to His holy land, To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.
4	He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned; And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].
5	Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies (laws).
6	They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer's aim].
7	For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [devoted to idol worship] And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images [by denying Him the love, worship, and obedience that is rightfully and uniquely His].
8	When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath; And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],
9	So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, The tent in which He had dwelled among men,
10	And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).
11	He also handed His people over to the sword, And was infuriated with His inheritance (Israel).
12	The fire [of war] devoured His young men, And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.
13	His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.
14	Then the Lord awakened as from sleep, Like a [mighty] warrior who awakens from the sleep of wine [fully conscious of his power].

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