King James Version
psalm 78:53 in the King James Version says “And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. overwhelmed: Heb. covered” — study this verse from psalm chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. overwhelmed: Heb. covered”
psalm 78:53 · King James Version
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. overwhelmed: Heb. covered
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
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.
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