50. He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague,
51. And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.
52. But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
53. He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.
54. So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country which His right hand had gained.
55. He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56. Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,
57. But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.
58. For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.
59. When God heard, He was filled with wrath And greatly abhorred Israel;