New Living Translation (NLT)
Psalm 78
65 Then the Lord rose up as though waking from sleep, like a warrior aroused from a drunken stupor.
66 He routed his enemies and sent them to eternal shame.
67 But he rejected Joseph’s descendants; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens, as solid and enduring as the earth.
70 He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.
71 He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel.
72 He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.
Psalm 79
1 O God, pagan nations have conquered your land, your special possession. They have defiled your holy Temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
2 They have left the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of heaven. The flesh of your godly ones has become food for the wild animals.
3 Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem; no one is left to bury the dead.
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