Psalms 78:71
From the mother-ewes he brought him, to be shepherd to Jacob his people, and to Israel his inheritance.
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70And he chose David his servant, taking him from the sheepfolds.
72With upright heart did he shepherd them, and with skilful hands did he guide them.
Cross References
Genesis 33:13But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are delicate, and I have flocks and herds with their young; if they are overdriven one day, all the flocks will die.
Psalms 28:9O save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
Psalms 113:7He raises the weak from the dust, he lifts the poor from the dunghill,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →