Psalm 78:56–72

56  iYet they ktempted and lprovoked the most high God,

And kept not his testimonies:

57  But mturned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers:

They were turned aside nlike a deceitful bow.

58  For they oprovoked him to anger with their phigh places,

And qmoved him to jealousy with their rgraven images.

59  When God heard this, he swas wroth,

And greatly tabhorred Israel:

60  uSo that he forsook the vtabernacle of wShiloh,

xThe tent which he uplaced among men;

61  And delivered yhis strength into zcaptivity,

And his glory into the enemy’s hand.

62  He agave his people over also bunto the sword;

And cwas wroth with his inheritance.

63  The fire consumed their young men;

And their maidens were not †given to marriage.

64  dTheir priests fell by the sword;

eAnd their widows fmade no lamentation.

65  Then the Lord gawaked as one out of sleep,

And hlike a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

66  And ihe smote his enemies in the hinder parts:

He put them to a perpetual reproach.

67  Moreover he jrefused the tabernacle of jjJoseph,

And chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

68  But chose the tribe of Judah,

The mount Zion kwhich he loved.

69  And he built his sanctuary like high palaces,

Like the earth which he hath †established for ever.

70  mHe chose David also his servant,

And took him from the nsheepfolds:

71  †From following the ewes ogreat with young he brought him

To pfeed qJacob his people,

And qIsrael rhis inheritance.

72  So he fed them according to the sintegrity of his heart;

And tguided them by the skilfulness of his hands.