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Psalm 78:62

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God took out his anger on his chosen ones and let them be killed by enemy swords.

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You are now angry, God, and you have turned your back on your chosen king.

Don't be so furious or keep our sins in your thoughts for ever! Remember that all of us are your people.

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out for nothing!

I loved my people and chose them as my very own. But now I will reject them and hand them over to their enemies.

The Philistines made a fierce attack. They defeated the Israelites and killed about four thousand of them.