Psalm 78:56-66

Good News Translation

^56 (A)But they rebelled against Almighty God
    and put him to the test.
They did not obey his commandments,
⁵⁷     but were rebellious and disloyal like their ancestors,
    unreliable as a crooked arrow.
⁵⁸ They angered him with their heathen places of worship,
    and with their idols they made him furious.
⁵⁹ God was angry when he saw it,
    so he rejected his people completely.
^60 (B)He abandoned his tent in Shiloh,^[a]
    the home where he had lived among us.
^61 (C)He allowed our enemies to capture the Covenant Box,
    the symbol of his power and glory.
⁶² He was angry with his own people
    and let them be killed by their enemies.
⁶³ Young men were killed in war,
    and young women had no one to marry.
⁶⁴ Priests died by violence,
    and their widows were not allowed to mourn.

⁶⁵ At last the Lord woke up as though from sleep;
    he was like a strong man excited by wine.
⁶⁶ He drove his enemies back
    in lasting and shameful defeat.