Psalm 78:65-72

Complete Jewish Bible

⁶⁵ Then Adonai awoke, as if from sleep,
like a warrior shouting for joy from wine.
⁶⁶ He struck his foes, driving them back
and putting them to perpetual shame.

⁶⁷ Rejecting the tents of Yosef
and passing over the tribe of Efrayim,
⁶⁸ he chose the tribe of Y’hudah,
Mount Tziyon, which he loved.
⁶⁹ He built his sanctuary like the heights;
like the earth, he made it to last forever.

⁷⁰ He chose David to be his servant,
taking him from the sheep-yards;
⁷¹ from tending nursing ewes he brought him
to shepherd Ya‘akov his people,
Isra’el his heritage.
⁷² With upright heart he shepherded them
and guided them with skillful hands.