52. Then He led out His own people like sheepand guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
53. He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid,but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54. He brought them to the border of His holy land,to the mountain that His right hand had acquired.
55. He cast out the nations also before them,and divided for them their tribal allotments,and made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56. Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,and did not keep His commands,
57. but turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;they turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58. For they provoked Him to anger with their high placesand moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
59. When God heard this, He was full of wrathand greatly rejected Israel
60. so that He left the tabernacle at Shiloh,the tent where He lived among people,
61. and delivered His strength to captivityand His glory into the enemy’s hand.
62. He gave His people over also to the sword;He was enraged with His inheritance.
63. The fire consumed their young men,and their maidens were not given to marriage in song.
64. Their priests fell by the sword,and their widows made no lamentation.
65. Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep,and like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
66. He routed His enemies back,and He made them a perpetual reproach.
67. Moreover, He rejected the tent of Joseph,and He did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,