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Texts -- Psalms 78:47-72 (NET)

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78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail , and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain . 78:48 He rained hail down on their cattle , and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock . 78:49 His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury , rage , and trouble as messengers who bring disaster . 78:50 He sent his anger in full force ; he did not spare them from death ; he handed their lives over to destruction . 78:51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt , the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham . 78:52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep ; he led them through the wilderness like a flock . 78:53 He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies . 78:54 He brought them to the border of his holy land , to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired . 78:55 He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down . 78:56 Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God , and did not obey his commands . 78:57 They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors ; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow . 78:58 They made him angry with their pagan shrines , and made him jealous with their idols . 78:59 God heard and was angry ; he completely rejected Israel . 78:60 He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh , the tent where he lived among men . 78:61 He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured ; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy . 78:62 He delivered his people over to the sword , and was angry with his chosen nation . 78:63 Fire consumed their young men , and their virgins remained unmarried . 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword , but their widows did not weep . 78:65 But then the Lord awoke from his sleep ; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage. 78:66 He drove his enemies back ; he made them a permanent target for insults . 78:67 He rejected the tent of Joseph ; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim . 78:68 He chose the tribe of Judah , and Mount Zion , which he loves . 78:69 He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth , which he established permanently . 78:70 He chose David , his servant , and took him from the sheepfolds . 78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep , and made him the shepherd of Jacob , his people , and of Israel , his chosen nation . 78:72 David cared for them with pure motives ; he led them with skill .

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