1Ein Psalm Asafs. Höre, mein Volk, auf meine Lehre. Achtet auf das, was ich euch sage,2denn ich will zu euch in Gleichnissen sprechen. Ich werde die Geheimnisse erklären, die seit der Erschaffung der Welt verborgen waren; (Mt 13,34)3Geschichten, die wir oft hörten und gut kennen, Geschichten, die unsere Vorfahren an uns weitergegeben haben. (Ps 44,2)4Wir wollen diese Wahrheiten unseren Kindern nicht vorenthalten, sondern der nächsten Generation von den wunderbaren Taten des HERRN erzählen, von seiner Macht und den großen Wundern, die er vollbrachte. (5Mo 11,19; Ps 22,31)5Denn er teilte Jakob seine Gebote mit, er gab Israel sein Gesetz und gebot unseren Vorfahren, ihre Kinder dieses Gesetz zu lehren, (5Mo 6,4)6damit auch die nächste Generation es kenne – die Kinder, die erst noch geboren werden – und es auch an ihre Kinder weitergebe. (5Mo 11,19; Ps 102,19)7Sie alle sollen ihre Hoffnung von Neuem auf Gott setzen, seine herrlichen Wunder nicht vergessen und seine Gebote befolgen. (5Mo 4,2; Jos 22,5)8Sie sollen nicht wie ihre Vorfahren werden – ungehorsam und untreu –, die sich gegen Gott auflehnten und sich weigerten, Gott ihr Herz zu schenken. (2Mo 32,9; Hes 20,18)9Die Krieger Ephraims waren gut ausgerüstete Bogenschützen, dennoch flohen sie, als es zur Schlacht kam.10Sie hielten Gottes Bund nicht und weigerten sich, nach seinem Gesetz zu leben. (2Kön 18,12)11Sie vergaßen, was er getan und welch große Wunder sie erlebt hatten. (Ps 106,13)12Wunder, die er in Ägypten, in der Ebene von Zoan, für ihre Vorfahren vollbrachte. (4Mo 13,22; Jes 19,11)13Denn er teilte das Meer vor ihnen und führte sie hindurch! Die Wassermassen türmten sich wie Wände neben ihnen auf! (2Mo 14,21; 2Mo 15,18)14Tagsüber führte er sie in Gestalt einer Wolke und nachts mit einer Feuersäule. (2Mo 13,21)15Er spaltete die Felsen in der Wüste und gab ihnen Wasser im Überfluss zu trinken. (2Mo 17,5; 1Kor 10,1)16Er ließ aus dem Fels Bäche hervorbrechen, sodass sie herabstürzten wie Flüsse. (4Mo 20,8)17Doch sie sündigten weiter gegen ihn und lehnten sich in der Wüste gegen den Höchsten auf. (Hebr 3,16)18Absichtlich stellten sie Gott auf die Probe und verlangten Nahrung, auf die sie Lust hatten. (4Mo 11,4; 1Kor 10,1)19Sie lehnten sich gegen Gott auf und sagten: »Kann uns Gott etwa in der Wüste Essen geben? (2Mo 16,3; 4Mo 21,5)20Er kann zwar an einen Felsen schlagen, sodass Wasser herausströmt, aber kann er auch seinem Volk Fleisch und Brot geben?« (4Mo 20,11)21Als der HERR das hörte, wurde er zornig; wie Feuer entflammte sein Zorn gegen Jakob, seine Wut kam über Israel. (4Mo 11,1)22Denn sie glaubten Gott nicht und vertrauten nicht darauf, dass er für sie sorgen würde. (Hebr 3,18)23Trotzdem befahl er den Wolken und öffnete die Tore des Himmels. (Mal 3,10)24Er ließ das Manna regnen, sodass sie zu essen hatten, und gab ihnen Brot aus dem Himmel. (2Mo 16,4; Joh 6,30)25Sie aßen die Speise der Engel. Gott gab ihnen, bis sie satt waren.26Dann ließ er dem Ostwind am Himmel freien Lauf und trieb den Südwind durch seine große Macht herbei. (4Mo 11,31)27Er ließ Fleisch regnen, dicht wie Staub – Vögel, so zahlreich wie Sandkörner am Meeresstrand! (2Mo 16,13; Ps 105,40)28Er ließ die Vögel mitten in ihr Lager fallen und rings um ihre Zelte.29Die Menschen aßen, bis sie satt waren. Was sie verlangten, gab er ihnen. (4Mo 11,19)30Doch noch bevor ihr Verlangen gestillt war, noch während sie das Fleisch kauten,31kam Gottes Zorn über sie, und er tötete ihre stärksten Männer, er vernichtete die jungen Männer Israels. (4Mo 11,33)32Trotzdem hörten die Leute nicht auf zu sündigen und glaubten nicht an seine Wunder. (4Mo 14,10)33Deshalb ließ er ihr Leben sinnlos dahingehen, in Angst und Schrecken. (4Mo 14,29)34Als Gott einige tötete, begannen sie nach ihm zu fragen. Sie bereuten ihr Tun und kehrten zu Gott zurück. (Hos 5,15)35Sie erinnerten sich wieder daran, dass Gott ihr schützender Fels ist und Gott, der Höchste, sie befreit hatte. (5Mo 9,26; 5Mo 32,4)36Doch sie waren Gott nur äußerlich gehorsam: Sie betrogen ihn mit ihren Worten und mit ihrer Zunge belogen sie ihn. (2Mo 32,7; Hes 33,31)37Im Herzen waren sie ihm nicht treu. Sie hielten seinen Bund nicht.38Dennoch war er barmherzig und vergab ihnen ihre Sünden und vernichtete sie nicht alle. Immer wieder zügelte er seinen Zorn und ließ seiner Wut nicht freien Lauf! (2Mo 34,5; 4Mo 14,18)39Denn er dachte daran, dass sie vergänglich waren wie ein Hauch im Wind, der verweht und nicht wiederkehrt. (Hi 7,7; Jak 4,14)40Wie oft lehnten sie sich in der Wüste gegen ihn auf und betrübten sein Herz in der Wildnis.41Immer wieder stellten sie seine Geduld auf die Probe und enttäuschten den heiligen Gott Israels. (2Kön 19,22)42Sie vergaßen, wie mächtig er war und wie er sie vor ihren Feinden gerettet hatte. (Ri 8,34)43Sie vergaßen seine Zeichen, die er in Ägypten getan hatte, seine Wunder in der Ebene von Zoan. (2Mo 7,3)44Denn er hatte ihre Flüsse in Blut verwandelt, sodass niemand mehr daraus trinken konnte. (2Mo 7,20; Ps 105,29)45Er hatte riesige Fliegenschwärme gesandt, die die Menschen überfielen, und Frösche, die ihnen Verderben brachten. (2Mo 8,2; Ps 105,30)46Er gab ihre Früchte den Raupen und ihren Ertrag den Heuschrecken. (2Mo 9,19)47Er vernichtete ihre Weinstöcke mit Hagel und ihre Feigenbäume mit Graupeln. (2Mo 9,23; Ps 105,32)48Er überließ ihre Rinder dem Hagelschlag und ihre Herden den Blitzen. (2Mo 9,19)49Er ließ sie seinen gewaltigen Zorn spüren, seinen Zorn, seine Wut und seine Feindschaft. Engel, die Unheil brachten, sandte er gegen sie. (2Mo 15,7)50Er hielt seinen Zorn nicht länger zurück und schonte das Leben der Ägypter nicht, sondern lieferte sie der Pest aus.51Er tötete den ältesten Sohn in jeder Familie, die Blüte der Jugend im ganzen ägyptischen Land[1]. (2Mo 12,29; Ps 105,36)52Sein eigenes Volk aber führte er wie eine Herde Schafe und leitete es sicher durch die Wüste. (Ps 77,21)53Er beschützte sie, sodass sie sich nicht zu fürchten brauchten; aber ihre Feinde begrub das Meer. (2Mo 14,19)54Er brachte sie bis an die Grenze seines heiligen Landes zu dem Berg, den er für sie erobert hatte. (2Mo 15,17)55Er vertrieb die Völker vor ihnen und teilte ihnen das Land durch das Los zu und ließ die Stämme Israels dort wohnen. (Jos 23,4; Ps 44,2; Ps 105,10)56Doch obwohl er all dies für sie tat, hörten sie nicht auf, Gott, den Höchsten, herauszufordern, und lehnten sich gegen ihn auf und weigerten sich, seinen Geboten zu gehorchen.57Sie fielen ab und waren so treulos, wie ihre Eltern es gewesen waren. Sie waren nutzlos wie ein schlaffer Bogen.58Sie machten Gott zornig, weil sie andern Göttern Altäre errichteten, sie reizten seine Eifersucht mit ihren Götzen. (3Mo 26,1; 5Mo 32,16)59Als Gott das sah, entflammte sein Zorn und heftig verstieß er Israel. (3Mo 26,30; 5Mo 32,19)60Er verließ seine Wohnung in Silo, das Zelt, in dem er unter dem Volk gewohnt hatte. (1Sam 4,11)61Er ließ zu, dass die Bundeslade erbeutet wurde[2], er gab seine Herrlichkeit in die Hände seiner Feinde. (1Sam 4,17)62Er ließ sein eigenes Volk durch das Schwert umkommen, Zorn packte ihn gegen sein eigenes Volk. (Ri 20,21; 1Sam 4,10)63Ihre jungen Männer kamen im Feuer um, und ihre jungen Mädchen starben, bevor sie Hochzeitslieder singen konnten. (4Mo 11,1; Jer 7,34; Jer 16,9)64Ihre Priester wurden ermordet, und die Witwen durften ihren Tod nicht einmal betrauern. (1Sam 22,18)65Doch dann erhob sich der Herr, als erwachte er aus dem Schlaf, wie ein starker Held, der aus der Trunkenheit aufwacht. (Jes 42,13)66Er vertrieb seine Feinde und ließ ewige Schande über sie kommen. (1Sam 5,6)67Josefs Nachkommen aber verstieß er, der Stamm Ephraim wurde nicht erwählt.68Stattdessen erwählte er den Stamm Juda, den Berg Zion, den er liebte. (Ps 87,1)69Dort erbaute er sein Heiligtum, hoch wie der Himmel und fest und dauerhaft wie die Erde. (1Kön 6,1)70Er machte David zu seinem Diener und holte ihn weg von den Schafherden. (1Sam 16,10)71Er nahm David fort von den Mutterschafen und Lämmern und machte ihn zum Hirten über sein Volk Jakob und über sein Erbe Israel. (2Sam 5,2; 2Sam 7,8; 1Chr 11,2)72Er sorgte für sie mit einem aufrichtigen Herzen und führte sie mit kluger Hand. (1Kön 9,4)
1My people, listen to my teaching. Pay attention to what I say.2I will open my mouth and tell a story. I will speak about things that were hidden. They happened a long time ago.3We have heard about them and we know them. Our people who lived before us have told us about them.4We won’t hide them from our children. We will tell them to those who live after us. We will tell them what the LORD has done that is worthy of praise. We will talk about his power and the wonderful things he has done.5He gave laws to the people of Jacob. He gave Israel their law. He commanded our people who lived before us to teach his laws to their children.6Then those born later would know his laws. Even their children yet to come would know them. And they in turn would tell their children.7Then they would put their trust in God. They would not forget what he had done. They would obey his commands.8They would not be like their people who lived long ago. Those people were stubborn. They refused to obey God. They turned away from him. Their spirits were not faithful to him.9The soldiers of Ephraim were armed with bows. But they ran away on the day of battle.10They didn’t keep the covenant God had made with them. They refused to live by his law.11They forgot what he had done. They didn’t remember the wonders he had shown them.12He did miracles right in front of their people who lived long ago. At that time they were living in Egypt, in the area of Zoan.13God parted the Red Sea and led them through it. He made the water stand up like a wall.14He guided them with the cloud during the day. He led them with the light of a fire all night long.15He broke the rocks open in the desert. He gave them as much water as there is in the oceans.16He brought streams out of a rocky cliff. He made water flow down like rivers.17But they continued to sin against him. In the desert they refused to obey the Most High God.18They were stubborn and tested God. They ordered him to give them the food they wanted.19They spoke against God. They said, ‘Can God really put food on a table in the desert?20It is true that he struck the rock, and streams of water poured out. Huge amounts of water flowed down. But can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?’21When the LORD heard what they said, he was very angry. His anger broke out like fire against the people of Jacob. He became very angry with Israel.22That was because they didn’t believe in God. They didn’t trust in his power to save them.23But he gave a command to the skies above. He opened the doors of the heavens.24He rained down manna for the people to eat. He gave them the corn of heaven.25Mere human beings ate the bread of angels. He sent them all the food they could eat.26He made the east wind blow from the heavens. By his power he caused the south wind to blow.27He rained down meat on them like dust. He sent them birds like sand on the seashore.28He made the birds come down inside their camp. The birds fell all around their tents.29People ate until they couldn’t eat any more. He gave them what they had wanted.30But even before they had finished eating, God acted. He did it while the food was still in their mouths.31His anger rose up against them. He put to death the strongest among them. He struck down Israel’s young men.32But even after all that, they kept on sinning. Even after the wonderful things he had done, they still didn’t believe.33So he brought their days to an end like a puff of smoke. He ended their years with terror.34Every time God killed some of them, the others would seek him. They gladly turned back to him again.35They remembered that God was their Rock. They remembered that God Most High had set them free.36But they didn’t mean it when they praised him. They lied to him when they spoke.37They turned away from him. They weren’t faithful to the covenant he had made with them.38But he was full of tender love. He forgave their sins and didn’t destroy his people. Time after time he held back his anger. He didn’t let all his burning anger blaze out.39He remembered that they were only human. He remembered they were only a breath of air that drifts by and doesn’t return.40How often they refused to obey him in the desert! How often they caused him sorrow in that dry and empty land!41Again and again they tested God. They made the Holy One of Israel sad and angry.42They didn’t remember his power. They forgot the day he set them free from those who had treated them so badly.43They forgot how he had shown them his signs in Egypt. They forgot his miracles in the area of Zoan.44He turned the river of Egypt into blood. The people of Egypt couldn’t drink water from their streams.45He sent large numbers of flies that bit them. He sent frogs that destroyed their land.46He gave their crops to the grasshoppers. He gave their food to the locusts.47He destroyed their vines with hail. He destroyed their fig-trees with sleet.48He killed their cattle with hail. Their livestock were struck by lightning.49Because he was so angry with Egypt, he caused them to have great trouble. In his great anger he sent destroying angels against them.50God prepared a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their lives. He gave them over to the plague.51He killed the eldest son of each family in Egypt. He struck down the eldest son in every house in the land of Ham.52But he brought his people out like a flock. He led them like sheep through the desert.53He guided them safely, and they weren’t afraid. But the Red Sea swallowed up their enemies.54And so he brought his people to the border of his holy land. He led them to the central hill country he had taken by his power.55He drove out the nations to make room for his people. He gave to each family a piece of land to pass on to their children. He gave the tribes of Israel a place to make their homes.56But they tested God. They refused to obey the Most High God. They didn’t keep his laws.57They were like their people who lived long ago. They turned away from him and were not faithful. They were like a bow that doesn’t shoot straight. They couldn’t be trusted.58They made God angry by going to their high places. They made him jealous by worshipping the statues of their gods.59When God saw what the people were doing, he was very angry. He turned away from them completely.60He deserted the holy tent at Shiloh. He left the tent he had set up among his people.61He allowed the ark to be captured. Into the hands of his enemies he sent the ark where his glory rested.62He let his people be killed by swords. He was very angry with them.63Fire destroyed their young men. Their young women had no one to marry.64Their priests were killed by swords. Their widows weren’t able to weep.65Then the Lord woke up as if he had been sleeping. He was like a warrior waking up from the deep sleep caused by wine.66He drove back his enemies. He put them to shame that will last for ever.67He turned his back on the tents of the people of Joseph. He didn’t choose to live in the tribe of Ephraim.68Instead, he chose to live in the tribe of Judah. He chose Mount Zion, which he loved.69There he built his holy place as secure as the heavens. He built it to last for ever, like the earth.70He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheepfolds.71He brought him from tending sheep to be the shepherd of his people Jacob. He made him the shepherd of Israel, his special people.72David cared for them with a faithful and honest heart. With skilled hands he led them.
1A Maskil[1] of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! (Ps 49,1; Ps 50,1; Ps 50,7; Jes 51,4)2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, (4Mo 21,27; Ps 49,4; Mt 13,35)3things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. (Ps 44,1)4We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. (2Mo 12,26; 2Mo 13,8; 2Mo 13,14; 5Mo 11,19; Jos 4,6; Hi 15,18; Ps 78,11; Ps 78,32; Joe 1,3)5He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, (Ps 19,7; Ps 81,5; Ps 147,19)6that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, (Ps 78,4; Ps 102,18)7so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; (Ps 77,12; Ps 105,45)8and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. (2Mo 32,9; 2Mo 33,3; 5Mo 9,7; 5Mo 9,24; 5Mo 31,27; 2Kön 17,14; 2Chr 30,7; Hi 11,13; Ps 78,37; Jer 5,23; Hes 20,18)9The Ephraimites, armed with[2] the bow, turned back on the day of battle. (Ps 78,57)10They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law. (2Kön 17,15)11They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them. (Ps 78,4; Ps 106,13)12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. (4Mo 13,22; Ps 72,18; Ps 78,43; Jes 19,11; Jes 19,13; Hes 30,14)13He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. (2Mo 14,21; 2Mo 15,8; Ps 136,13)14In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. (Ps 105,39)15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. (2Mo 17,6; Ps 78,20; Ps 105,41; Ps 114,8; Jes 48,21)16He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers. (4Mo 20,8; 4Mo 20,10)17Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. (5Mo 9,22; Ps 78,40; Ps 78,56; Jes 63,10)18They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. (5Mo 6,16; Ps 78,41; Ps 78,56; Ps 95,9; Ps 106,14; 1Kor 10,9)19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness? (2Mo 16,3; 4Mo 11,4; 4Mo 20,3; 4Mo 21,5; Ps 23,5)20He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?” (Ps 78,15)21Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, (4Mo 11,1)22because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power. (Ps 78,8; Ps 78,32; Ps 78,37)23Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, (1Mo 7,11; Mal 3,10)24and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. (2Mo 16,4; Ps 105,40; Joh 6,31)25Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. (Ps 78,29; Ps 103,20)26He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; (4Mo 11,31)27he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; (1Mo 13,16; 1Mo 22,17)28he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. (2Mo 16,13; 4Mo 11,31)29And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. (4Mo 11,4; 4Mo 11,19; 4Mo 11,34)30But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, (4Mo 11,33; Hi 20,23)31the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. (Ps 78,63; Jes 10,16)32In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe. (4Mo 14,11; Ps 78,22)33So he made their days vanish like[3] a breath,[4] and their years in terror. (4Mo 14,29; 4Mo 14,35; 4Mo 26,64; Ps 39,5)34When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly. (Hos 5,15)35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. (2Mo 15,13; 5Mo 32,4; 5Mo 32,15; 5Mo 32,31; Ps 74,2)36But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. (Jes 29,13; Jes 57,11; Hes 33,31)37Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant. (Ps 51,10; Ps 78,8)38Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath. (2Mo 34,6; 4Mo 14,20)39He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again. (1Mo 6,3; Hi 7,7; Hi 10,9; Ps 103,14)40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! (Ps 78,17; Ps 78,56; Ps 106,14; Ps 107,11; Eph 4,30)41They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. (Ps 71,22; Ps 78,18)42They did not remember his power[5] or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, (Ri 8,34)43when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. (2Mo 4,21; 2Mo 7,3; 2Mo 11,9; Ps 78,12; Ps 105,27; Ps 106,22; Apg 7,36)44He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. (2Mo 7,17)45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. (2Mo 8,2; 2Mo 8,21)46He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. (2Mo 10,12)47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. (2Mo 9,23)48He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. (2Mo 9,19)49He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. (2Mo 12,13; 2Mo 12,23; 2Sam 24,16)50He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.51He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. (2Mo 12,29; Ps 105,23; Ps 105,27; Ps 105,36; Ps 106,22; Ps 135,8; Ps 136,10)52Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. (Ps 77,20)53He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. (2Mo 14,13; 2Mo 14,19; 2Mo 14,27; 2Mo 15,10)54And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. (2Mo 15,17; Ps 68,16; Ps 74,2; Jes 11,9; Jes 57,13)55He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. (Jos 23,4; Ps 44,2; Ps 135,12; Ps 136,21; Apg 13,19)56Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies, (Ri 2,11; Ps 78,18; Ps 78,40)57but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow. (Ps 78,9; Hos 7,16)58For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols. (3Mo 26,30; 4Mo 25,11; 5Mo 7,5; 5Mo 7,25; 5Mo 12,2; 5Mo 12,3; 5Mo 31,29; 5Mo 32,16; 5Mo 32,21; Ri 2,12; 1Kön 11,7; 1Kön 12,31; Hes 20,28)59When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel. (5Mo 3,26; Ps 78,62; Ps 106,40)60He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind, (Jos 18,1; 1Sam 4,11; Jer 7,12; Jer 7,14; Jer 26,6)61and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe. (1Sam 4,21; Ps 63,2; Ps 96,6; Ps 132,8)62He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage. (1Sam 4,10; Ps 78,59)63Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song. (Ps 79,5; Ps 89,46; Jer 7,34)64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation. (1Sam 4,11; Hi 27,15)65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine. (Ps 35,23; Ps 73,20)66And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame. (Ps 40,14)67He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, (Ps 80,1; Ps 81,5)68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves. (Ps 87,2)69He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds; (1Sam 16,12)71from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance. (1Sam 10,1; 2Sam 5,2; 2Sam 7,8; Ps 28,9)72With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand. (1Kön 9,4; Ps 77,20; Ps 101,2)