60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the tent He had pitched among men.
61He delivered His strength to captivity,
and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
62He surrendered His people to the sword
because He was enraged by His heritage.
63Fire consumed His young men,
and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
64His priests fell by the sword,
but their widows could not lament.
65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
66He beat back His foes;
He put them to everlasting shame.
67He rejected the tent of Joseph
and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
68But He chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.
69He built His sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth He has established forever.
70He chose David His servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71from tending the ewes He brought him
to be shepherd of His people Jacob,
of Israel His inheritance.
72So David shepherded them with integrity of heart
and guided them with skillful hands.
— Psalm 78:60-72

Related Resources from Heartlight

Psalm 78:72
Devo: Verse of the Day

"David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them."