Psalm 78:56-72

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⁵⁶Yet they ^(A)tested and ^(B)rebelled against the Most High God
    and did not keep his testimonies,
⁵⁷but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
    they twisted like ^(C)a deceitful bow.
⁵⁸For they ^(D)provoked him to anger with their ^(E)high places;
    they ^(F)moved him to jealousy with their ^(G)idols.
⁵⁹When God heard, he was full of ^(H)wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
⁶⁰He ^(I)forsook his dwelling at ^(J)Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
⁶¹and delivered his ^(K)power to captivity,
    his ^(L)glory to the hand of the foe.
⁶²He ^(M)gave his people over to the sword
    and ^(N)vented his wrath on his heritage.
⁶³^(O)Fire devoured their young men,
    and their young women had no ^(P)marriage song.
⁶⁴Their ^(Q)priests fell by the sword,
    and their ^(R)widows made no lamentation.
⁶⁵Then the Lord ^(S)awoke as from sleep,
    like a strong man shouting because of wine.
⁶⁶And he ^(T)put his adversaries to rout;
    he put them to everlasting shame.

⁶⁷He rejected the tent of ^(U)Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he ^(V)loves.
⁶⁹He ^(W)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.
⁷⁰He ^(X)chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹from ^(Y)following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to ^(Z)shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his ^(AA)inheritance.
⁷²With ^(AB)upright heart he shepherded them
    and ^(AC)guided them with his skillful hand.