Psalm 78:53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.

◄ Psalm 78:53 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.

English Standard Version
He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

New American Standard Bible
He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.

King James Bible
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.

International Standard Version
He led them to safety so they would not fear. As for their enemies, the sea covered them.

American Standard Version
And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought them out in hope, and they feared not: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Darby Bible Translation
And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.

Young's Literal Translation
And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

Cross References

Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

Exodus 14:20
And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

Exodus 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Psalm 22:4
Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them.

Psalm 76:6
At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Psalm 106:11
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

Psalm 136:15
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endures for ever.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

52-54. made his … forth—or, brought them by periodical journeys (compare Ex 15:1).