Psalm 78:65-72
New American Standard Bible
65 Then the Lord (A)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a (B)warrior [a]overcome by wine.
66 He [b](C)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
67 He also (D)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount (E)Zion, which He loved.
69 And He (F)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
70 He also (G)chose His servant David
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From [c](H)the care of the [d]ewes (I)with nursing lambs He brought him
To (J)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel (K)His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (L)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:65 Or sobered up from
- Psalm 78:66 Lit struck
- Psalm 78:71 Lit following
- Psalm 78:71 Lit ewes that wet-nurse, He
Psalm 78:65-72
New Living Translation
65 Then the Lord rose up as though waking from sleep,
like a warrior aroused from a drunken stupor.
66 He routed his enemies
and sent them to eternal shame.
67 But he rejected Joseph’s descendants;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
and Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens,
as solid and enduring as the earth.
70 He chose his servant David,
calling him from the sheep pens.
71 He took David from tending the ewes and lambs
and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants—
God’s own people, Israel.
72 He cared for them with a true heart
and led them with skillful hands.
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