Salmos 78
Bible Darby
1Pour instruire. D’Asaph. Prête l’oreille à ma loi, mon peuple ! inclinez vos oreilles aux paroles de ma bouche.
2J’ouvrirai ma bouche en paraboles, j’annoncerai les énigmes [des jours] d’autrefois,
3Que nous avons entendues et connues, et que nos pères nous ont racontées.
4Nous ne les cèlerons pas à leurs fils ; nous raconterons à la génération à venir les louanges de l’Éternel, et sa force, et ses merveilles qu’il a faites.
5Il a établi un témoignage en Jacob, et il a mis en Israël une loi qu’il a commandée à nos pères, pour qu’ils les fassent connaître à leurs fils,
6Afin que la génération à venir, les fils qui naîtraient, les connaissent, [et] qu’ils se lèvent et les annoncent à leurs fils,
7Et qu’ils mettent leur confiance en Dieu, et qu’ils n’oublient pas les œuvres de ✶Dieu, et qu’ils observent ses commandements,
8Et qu’ils ne soient pas, comme leurs pères, une génération indocile et rebelle, une génération qui n’a point affermi son cœur, et dont l’esprit n’a pas été fidèle à ✶Dieu.
9Les fils d’Éphraïm, armés [et] tirant de l’arc, ont tourné le dos le jour du combat.
10Ils n’ont pas gardé l’alliance de Dieu, et ont refusé de marcher selon sa loi ;
11Et ils ont oublié ses actes et ses œuvres merveilleuses, qu’il leur avait fait voir.
12Il fit des merveilles devant leurs pères dans le pays d’Égypte, dans la campagne de Tsoan.
13Il fendit la mer, et les fit passer : il fit se dresser les eaux comme un monceau ;
14Et il les conduisit, le jour par une nuée, et toute la nuit par une lumière de feu.
15Il fendit les rochers dans le désert, et les abreuva comme aux abîmes, abondamment ;
16Et il fit sortir des ruisseaux du rocher, et fit couler les eaux comme des fleuves.
17Et ils péchèrent de nouveau contre lui, irritant le Très-haut dans le désert ;
18Et ils tentèrent ✶Dieu dans leurs cœurs, en demandant de la viande selon leur désir ;
19Et ils parlèrent contre Dieu ; ils dirent : ✶Dieu pourrait-il dresser une table dans le désert ?
20Voici, il a frappé le rocher, et les eaux ont coulé, et des rivières ont débordé : pourrait-il aussi donner du pain, ou préparer de la chair à son peuple ?
21C’est pourquoi l’Éternel les entendit, et se mit en grande colère ; et le feu s’alluma contre Jacob, et la colère aussi monta contre Israël,
22Car ils ne crurent pas Dieu, et ne se fièrent pas en son salut,
23Bien qu’il ait commandé aux nuées d’en haut, et qu’il ait ouvert les portes des cieux,
24Et qu’il ait fait pleuvoir sur eux la manne pour manger, et qu’il leur ait donné le blé des cieux :
25L’homme mangea le pain des puissants ; il leur envoya des vivres à satiété.
26Il fit lever dans les cieux le vent d’orient, et il amena par sa puissance le vent du midi ;
27Et il fit pleuvoir sur eux de la chair comme de la poussière, et, comme le sable des mers, des oiseaux ailés ;
28Et il les fit tomber au milieu de leur camp, autour de leurs demeures.
29Et ils en mangèrent, et en furent abondamment rassasiés. Il leur envoya ce qu’ils convoitaient.
30Ils ne s’étaient pas encore détournés de leur convoitise, leur viande était encore dans leur bouche,
31Que la colère de Dieu monta contre eux ; et il tua de leurs hommes forts, et abattit les hommes d’élite d’Israël.
32Avec tout cela ils péchèrent encore, et ne crurent point par ses œuvres merveilleuses ;
33Et il consuma leurs jours par la vanité, et leurs années par la frayeur.
34S’il les tuait, alors ils le recherchaient, et ils se retournaient, et cherchaient ✶Dieu dès le matin ;
35Et ils se souvenaient que Dieu était leur rocher, et ✶Dieu, le Très-haut, leur rédempteur ;
36Mais ils le flattaient de leur bouche et ils lui mentaient de leur langue ;
37Et leur cœur n’était pas ferme envers lui, et ils ne furent pas fidèles dans son alliance.
38Mais lui, étant miséricordieux, pardonna l’iniquité et ne [les] détruisit pas ; mais il détourna souvent sa colère, et n’éveilla pas toute sa fureur.
39Et il se souvint qu’ils étaient chair, un souffle qui passe et ne revient pas.
40Que de fois ils l’irritèrent dans le désert, [et] le provoquèrent dans le lieu désolé !
41Et ils recommencèrent et tentèrent ✶Dieu, et affligèrent le Saint d’Israël :
42Ils ne se souvinrent pas de sa main au jour où il les avait délivrés de l’oppresseur,
43Lorsqu’il mit ses signes en Égypte, et ses prodiges dans les campagnes de Tsoan,
44Et qu’il changea en sang leurs canaux et leurs courants d’eau, de sorte qu’ils n’en puissent pas boire ;
45Il envoya contre eux des mouches qui les dévorèrent, et des grenouilles qui les détruisirent ;
46Et il livra leurs fruits à la locuste, et leur travail à la sauterelle.
47Il fit périr leurs vignes par la grêle, et leurs sycomores par les grêlons ;
48Et il livra leur bétail à la grêle, et leurs troupeaux à la foudre.
49Il envoya sur eux l’ardeur de sa colère, la fureur, et l’indignation, et la détresse, une troupe d’anges de malheur.
50Il fraya un chemin à sa colère ; il ne préserva pas leurs âmes de la mort, et livra leur vie à la peste ;
51Et il frappa tout premier-né en Égypte, les prémices de la vigueur dans les tentes de Cham.
52Et il fit partir son peuple comme des brebis, et les mena comme un troupeau dans le désert ;
53Et il les conduisit sains et saufs, et ils furent sans crainte ; et la mer couvrit leurs ennemis.
54Et il les introduisit dans les confins de sa sainte [terre], cette montagne que sa droite s’est acquise.
55Et il chassa de devant eux les nations, et leur partagea un héritage, et fit habiter dans leurs tentes les tribus d’Israël.
56Mais ils tentèrent et irritèrent le Dieu Très-haut, et ne gardèrent pas ses témoignages,
57Et se retirèrent, et agirent infidèlement, comme leurs pères ; ils tournèrent comme un arc trompeur.
58Et ils le provoquèrent à colère par leurs hauts lieux, et l’émurent à jalousie par leurs images taillées.
59Dieu l’entendit, et se mit en grande colère, et il méprisa fort Israël.
60Et il abandonna la demeure de Silo, la tente où il avait habité parmi les hommes ;
61Et il livra à la captivité sa force, et sa magnificence en la main de l’ennemi ;
62Et il livra son peuple à l’épée, et se mit en grande colère contre son héritage :
63Le feu dévora leurs jeunes hommes, et leurs vierges ne furent pas célébrées ;
64Leurs sacrificateurs tombèrent par l’épée, et leurs veuves ne se lamentèrent pas.
65Alors le Seigneur s’éveilla comme un homme qui dort, et comme un homme puissant qui, [animé] par le vin, pousse des cris.
66Et il frappa ses ennemis par-derrière, il les livra à un opprobre éternel.
67Et il méprisa la tente de Joseph, et ne choisit pas la tribu d’Éphraïm ;
68Mais il choisit la tribu de Juda, la montagne de Sion qu’il aima.
69Et il bâtit son sanctuaire comme des lieux très hauts, comme la terre qu’il a fondée pour toujours.
70Et il choisit David, son serviteur, et le prit des parcs des brebis ;
71Il le fit venir d’auprès des brebis qui allaitent, pour paître Jacob, son peuple, et Israël, son héritage.
72Et il les fit paître selon l’intégrité de son cœur, et les conduisit par l’intelligence de ses mains.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Masquil de Asaph. ESCUCHA, pueblo mío, mi ley: inclinad vuestro oído á las palabras de mi boca.
2Abriré mi boca en parábola; hablaré cosas reservadas de antiguo:
3Las cuales hemos oído y entendido; que nuestros padres nos las contaron.
4No las encubriremos á sus hijos, contando á la generación venidera las alabanzas de Jehová, y su fortaleza, y sus maravillas que hizo.
5El estableció testimonio en Jacob, y pusó ley en Israel; la cual mandó á nuestros padres que la notificasen á sus hijos;
6Para que lo sepa la generación venidera, y los hijos que nacerán; y los que se levantarán, lo cuenten á sus hijos;
7A fin de que pongan en Dios su confianza, y no se olviden de las obras de Dios, y guarden sus mandamientos:
8Y no sean como sus padres, generación contumaz y rebelde; generación que no apercibió su corazón, ni fué fiel para con Dios su espíritu.
9Los hijos de Ephraim armados, flecheros, volvieron las espaldas el día de la batalla.
10No guardaron el pacto de Dios, ni quisieron andar en su ley:
11Antes se olvidaron de sus obras, y de sus maravillas que les había mostrado.
12Delante de sus padres hizo maravillas en la tierra de Egipto, en el campo de Zoán.
13Rompió la mar, é hízolos pasar; é hizo estar las aguas como en un montón.
14Y llevólos de día con nube, y toda la noche con resplandor de fuego.
15Hendió las peñas en el desierto: y dióles á beber como de grandes abismos;
16Pues sacó de la peña corrientes, é hizo descender aguas como ríos.
17Empero aun tornaron á pecar contra él, enojando en la soledad al Altísimo.
18Pues tentaron á Dios en su corazón, pidiendo comida á su gusto.
19Y hablaron contra Dios, diciendo: ¿Podrá poner mesa en el desierto?
20He aquí ha herido la peña, y corrieron aguas, y arroyos salieron ondeando: ¿podrá también dar pan? ¿aparejará carne á su pueblo?
21Por tanto oyó Jehová, é indignóse: y encendióse el fuego contra Jacob, y el furor subió también contra Israel;
22Por cuanto no habían creído á Dios, ni habían confiado en su salud:
23A pesar de que mandó á las nubes de arriba, y abrió las puertas de los cielos,
24E hizo llover sobre ellos maná para comer, y dióles trigo de los cielos.
25Pan de nobles comió el hombre: envióles comida á hartura.
26Movió el solano en el cielo, y trajo con su fortaleza el austro.
27E hizo llover sobre ellos carne como polvo, y aves de alas como arena de la mar.
28E hízolas caer en medio de su campo, alrededor de sus tiendas.
29Y comieron, y hartáronse mucho: cumplióles pues su deseo.
30No habían quitado de sí su deseo, aun estaba su vianda en su boca,
31Cuando vino sobre ellos el furor de Dios, y mató los más robustos de ellos, y derribó los escogidos de Israel.
32Con todo esto pecaron aún, y no dieron crédito á sus maravillas.
33Consumió por tanto en nada sus días, y sus años en la tribulación.
34Si los mataba, entonces buscaban á Dios; entonces se volvían solícitos en busca suya.
35Y acordábanse que Dios era su refugio, y el Dios Alto su redentor.
36Mas le lisonjeaban con su boca, y con su lengua le mentían:
37Pues sus corazones no eran rectos con él, ni estuvieron firmes en su pacto.
38Empero él misericordioso, perdonaba la maldad, y no los destruía: y abundó para apartar su ira, y no despertó todo su enojo.
39Y acordóse que eran carne; soplo que va y no vuelve.
40¡Cuántas veces lo ensañaron en el desierto, lo enojaron en la soledad!
41Y volvían, y tentaban á Dios, y ponían límite al Santo de Israel.
42No se acordaron de su mano, del día que los redimió de angustia;
43Cuando puso en Egipto sus señales, y sus maravillas en el campo de Zoán;
44Y volvió sus ríos en sangre, y sus corrientes, porque no bebiesen.
45Envió entre ellos una mistura de moscas que los comían, y ranas que los destruyeron.
46Dió también al pulgón sus frutos, y sus trabajos á la langosta.
47Sus viñas destruyó con granizo, y sus higuerales con piedra;
48Y entregó al pedrisco sus bestias, y al fuego sus ganados.
49Envió sobre ellos el furor de su saña, ira y enojo y angustia, con misión de malos ángeles.
50Dispuso el camino á su furor; no eximió la vida de ellos de la muerte, sino que entregó su vida á la mortandad.
51E hirió á todo primogénito en Egipto, las primicias de las fuerzas en las tiendas de Châm.
52Empero hizo salir á su pueblo como ovejas, y llevólos por el desierto, como un rebaño.
53Y guiólos con seguridad, que no tuvieron miedo; y la mar cubrió á sus enemigos.
54Metiólos después en los términos de su santuario, en este monte que ganó su mano derecha.
55Y echó las gentes de delante de ellos, y repartióles una herencia con cuerdas; é hizo habitar en sus moradas á las tribus de Israel.
56Mas tentaron y enojaron al Dios Altísimo, y no guardaron sus testimonios;
57Sino que se volvieron, y se rebelaron como sus padres: volviéronse como arco engañoso.
58Y enojáronlo con sus altos, y provocáronlo á celo con sus esculturas.
59Oyólo Dios, y enojóse, y en gran manera aborreció á Israel.
60Dejó por tanto el tabernáculo de Silo, la tienda en que habitó entre los hombres;
61Y dió en cautividad su fortaleza, y su gloria en mano del enemigo.
62Entregó también su pueblo á cuchillo, y airóse contra su heredad.
63El fuego devoró sus mancebos, y sus vírgenes no fueron loadas en cantos nupciales.
64Sus sacerdotes cayeron á cuchillo, y sus viudas no lamentaron.
65Entonces despertó el Señor á la manera del que ha dormido, como un valiente que grita excitado del vino:
66E hirió á sus enemigos en las partes posteriores: dióles perpetua afrenta.
67Y desechó el tabernáculo de José, y no escogió la tribu de Ephraim;
68Sino que escogió la tribu de Judá, el monte de Sión, al cual amó.
69Y edificó su santuario á manera de eminencia, como la tierra que cimentó para siempre.
70Y eligió á David su siervo, y tomólo de las majadas de las ovejas:
71De tras las paridas lo trajo, para que apacentase á Jacob su pueblo, y á Israel su heredad.
72Y apacentólos con entereza de su corazón; y pastoreólos con la pericia de sus manos.
King James Version
1Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
35And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
62He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
World English Bible
1Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
5For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
6that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
7that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
8and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
21Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
27He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
29So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
32For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
39He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
41They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
50He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
55He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
57but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
60so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
61and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
65Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
69He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
70He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
72So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.