Psalms 78:55 - Exposition

He cast out the heathen also before them (comp. Exodus 34:24 ; Deuteronomy 7:1 ; 1 Kings 21:26 : Psalms 44:2 , etc.). "They get not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but God's right hand, and his arm, and the light of his countenance" ( Psalms 44:3 ). And divided them an inheritance by line. The measuring line, which was employed in parcelling out territory, is intended (comp. Jeremiah 31:39 ; Amos 7:17 ). Joshua's division of the land among the tribes is specially pointed at. And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents; i.e. in the tents of the heathen—the abodes of the Hivites, Hittites, Amorites, Porizzites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.