Psalms 78:63-72 ▼

63 Fire consumed His young men, and His virgins have not been praised.

64 His priests fell by the sword, and the widows could not weep.

65 And the Lord awoke as a sleeper, as a mighty one overcome by wine.

66 And He beat his adversaries back; a reproach forever He gave to them.

67 And He rejected the tent of Joseph, and the tribe of Ephraim He would not choose.

68 And He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights; like the earth He founded it forever.

70 And He chose David His servant, and He took him from the folds of his flock;

71 He brought him from tending the ewes to be shepherd of Jacob His people, and of Israel His inheritance.

72 And he tended them with the integrity of his heart, and by the skillfulness of his hands he guided them.