Psalms 78:54

⁵² But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³ And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

⁵⁵ 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.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
KJV: And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
WEB: He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
ASV: And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.
DARBY: And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;
BLB: And He brought them to the border of His holiness, this mountain His right hand had acquired.

ÅB: Og han førte dem til sitt hellige landemerke, til det berg hans høyre hånd hadde vunnet.
OTB: Så førte Han dem til sitt hellige land,
Til dette høylandet som Hans høyre hånd hadde vunnet.
B1930: Og han førte dem til sitt hellige landemerke, til det berg hans høire hånd hadde vunnet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 44:3
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
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Exodus 15:17
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
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Isaiah 11:9
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
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Psalms 68:16
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
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Daniel 9:16–20
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
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Exodus 15:13
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
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Ephesians 1:14
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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Daniel 11:45
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
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