55. And he drove out nations before them and allocated them for an inheritance by boundary line, and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56. But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.
57. And they turned and were treacherous like their ancestors. They twisted like a crooked bow.
58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and made him jealous with their images.
59. God heard and he was very angry and rejected Israel utterly.
60. So he abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, the tent he had placed among humankind.
61. And he gave his strength into captivity and his splendor into the hand of the enemy.
62. He also handed his people over to the sword, and he was very angry with his inheritance.
63. Fire devoured his young men, and his young women were not praised.
64. His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.
65. Then the Lord awoke like one who had been asleep, awoke like a warrior who had been drunk with wine.
66. And he beat back his enemies; he gave them over to perpetual scorn.
67. And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not chose the tribe of Ephraim,
68. but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion that he loved.
69. And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
70. And he chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds.