51. He struck all the firstborn of Egypt,the first fruits of their vigor in the tents of Ham.
52. Then God led forth his people like sheep,guided them like a flock through the wilderness.
53. He led them on secure and unafraid,while the sea enveloped their enemies.
54. And he brought them to his holy mountain,the hill his right hand had won.
55. He drove out the nations before them,allotted them as their inherited portion,and settled in their tents the tribes of Israel.
56. But they tested and rebelled against God Most High,his decrees they did not observe.
57. They turned disloyal, faithless like their ancestors;they proved false like a slack bow.
58. They enraged him with their high places,and with their idols provoked him to jealous anger.
59. God heard and grew angry;he rejected Israel completely.
60. He forsook the shrine at Shiloh,the tent he set up among human beings.
61. He gave up his might into captivity,his glorious ark into the hands of the foe.
62. God delivered his people to the sword;he was enraged against his heritage.
63. Fire consumed their young men;their young women heard no wedding songs.
64. Their priests fell by the sword;their widows made no lamentation.
65. Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,like a warrior shouting from the effects of wine.
66. He put his foes to flight;everlasting shame he dealt them.
67. He rejected the tent of Joseph,chose not the tribe of Ephraim.
68. God chose the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion which he loved.
69. He built his shrine like the heavens,like the earth which he founded forever.
70. He chose David his servant,took him from the sheepfolds.