Psalm 78:56-72

New International Version

⁵⁶ But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
⁵⁷ Like their ancestors^(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.^(B)
58 They angered him^(C) with their high places;^(D)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.^(E)
59 When God heard^(F) them, he was furious;^(G)
    he rejected Israel^(H) completely.
⁶⁰ He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,^(I)
    the tent he had set up among humans.^(J)
61 He sent the ark of his might^(K) into captivity,^(L)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
⁶² He gave his people over to the sword;^(M)
    he was furious with his inheritance.^(N)
63 Fire consumed^(O) their young men,
    and their young women had no wedding songs;^(P)
64 their priests were put to the sword,^(Q)
    and their widows could not weep.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,^(R)
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
⁶⁶ He beat back his enemies;
    he put them to everlasting shame.^(S)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;^(T)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,^(U)
    Mount Zion,^(V) which he loved.
⁶⁹ He built his sanctuary^(W) like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.
⁷⁰ He chose David^(X) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
⁷¹ from tending the sheep^(Y) he brought him
    to be the shepherd^(Z) of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
⁷² And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;^(AA)
    with skillful hands he led them.