King James Version
Psalms 78:52 in the King James Version says “But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.”
Psalms 78:52 · KJV
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; He made: Heb. He weighed a path life: or, beasts to the murrain
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to go forth”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“like sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“But made his own people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and guided”
H5090to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
“them in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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