Mazmur 78:5

78:5 He established a rule ¹  in Jacob;

he set up a law in Israel.

He commanded our ancestors

to make his deeds known to their descendants, ² 

Mazmur 78:55

78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;

he assigned them their tribal allotments ³ 

and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. ⁴ 

[78:5]  ¹ tn The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (’edut) refers here to God’s command that the older generation teach their children about God’s mighty deeds in the nation’s history (see Exod 10:2; Deut 4:9; 6:20-25).

[78:5]  ² tn Heb “which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons.” The plural suffix “them” probably refers back to the Lord’s mighty deeds (see vv. 3-4).

[78:55]  ³ tn Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”

[78:55]  ⁴ tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”