Psalm 78:56-72
Tell the Coming Generation
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i Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
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But j turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside k like a deceitful bow.
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l For they provoked Him to anger with their m high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
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When God heard this, He was furious,
And greatly abhorred Israel,
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n So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He had placed among men,
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o And delivered His strength into captivity,
And His glory into the enemy's hand.
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p He also gave His people over to the sword,
And was furious with His inheritance.
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The fire consumed their young men,
And q their maidens were not given in marriage.
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r Their priests fell by the sword,
And s their widows made no lamentation.
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Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
t Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
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And u He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.
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Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
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But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion v which He loved.
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And He built His w sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
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x He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds;
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From following y the ewes that had young He brought him,
z To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
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So he shepherded them according to the a integrity of his heart,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.