652 B
652 B
Connecting Statement:
The psalmist is writing about Israel.
when they were only few in number
The word "they" refers to the Israelites.
were strangers in the land
It is implied that "the land" refers to Canaan. AT: "were foreigners in the land of Canaan" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
They went from
"They continued to wander"
from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another
These two phrases have similar meanings and are used together for emphasis. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)