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.
71. He took David from tending the ewes and lambsand made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants—God’s own people, Israel.
72. He cared for them with a true heartand led them with skillful hands.