63. Fire consumed their young men,and their young women had no wedding songs;
64. their priests were put to the sword,and their widows could not weep.
65. Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66. He beat back his enemies;he put them to everlasting shame.
67. Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68. but he chose the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion, which he loved.
69. He built his sanctuary like the heights,like the earth that he established for ever.
70. He chose David his servantand took him from the sheepfolds;
71. from tending the sheep he brought himto be the shepherd of his people Jacob,of Israel his inheritance.
72. And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;with skilful hands he led them.