Psalms 78:71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Psalms 78:71 in other translations
| BSB | from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. |
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| WEB | from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance. |
| ASV | From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. |
| YLT | From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance. |
| DARBY | From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. |
| BBE | From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage. |
| Webster | From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. |
What does Psalms 78:71 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 78:70-72
70-72. God's sovereignty was illustrated in this choice. The contrast is striking--humility and exaltation--and the correspondence is beautiful.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:56-72
After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own…
Psalms 78:71 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 78:71
- 2 Samuel 5:2
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 11:2
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
- 1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- 1 Samuel 2:7-8
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- Genesis 33:13
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
- 1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
- Psalms 75:6-7
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Ezekiel 34:23-24
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
- Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Psalms 28:9
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
- Micah 5:2-4
But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
- 2 Samuel 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
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- Psalms 78:70
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
- Psalms 78:71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
- Psalms 78:72
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Psalms 78:71 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De tras las paridas lo trajo, para que apacentase á Jacob su pueblo, y á Israel su heredad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il le fit venir d’auprès des brebis qui allaitent, pour paître Jacob, son peuple, et Israël, son héritage. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | hinter den Säugenden weg ließ er ihn kommen, um Jakob, sein Volk, zu weiden, und Israel, sein Erbteil. |