Psalms 78:63-72 ▼

63 Fire devoured His choice men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.

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

65 Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, As if He were a warrior overcome by wine.

66 He struck His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach.

67 He also rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

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

69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has founded forever.

70 He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

71 From following the nursing ewes He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And led them with his skillful hands.