50He leveled a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
51He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstborn of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52He led his own people out like sheep and guided them through the wilderness like a flock.
53He led them secure and unafraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54Then he brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountain that his right hand acquired.
55He drove out the nations from before them and assigned them their inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56Yet they challenged and defied the Most High God and did not keep his solemn commands.
57They were unfaithful and acted treacherously like their fathers; they were as undependable as a faulty bow.
58For they made him angry with their high places and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols.
59When God heard this, he was angry and completely rejected Israel.
60He abandoned the sanctuary of Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among people.
61He allowed his strength to be captured and gave his glory into the enemy's hand.
62He handed his people over to the sword, and he was angry with his heritage.
63Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs.
64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
65Then the Lord awakened as one from sleep, like a warrior who shouts because of wine.
66He drove his adversaries back; he put them to everlasting shame.
67He rejected the tent of Joseph, and he did not chose the tribe of Ephraim.
68He chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion that he loved.
69He built his sanctuary like the heavens, like the earth that he has established forever.
70He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.
71He took him from following the ewes with their young, and he brought him to be shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his heritage.