62. He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword,because he was so angry with his own people—his special possession.
63. Their young men were killed by fire;their young women died before singing their wedding songs.
64. Their priests were slaughtered,and their widows could not mourn their deaths.
65. Then the Lord rose up as though waking from sleep,like a warrior aroused from a drunken stupor.
66. He routed his enemiesand 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.