71 From following [1] the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Other Translations of Psalm 78:71

New International Version

71 from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.

English Standard Version

71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.

The Message

71 One day he was caring for the ewes and their lambs, the next day God had him shepherding Jacob, his people Israel, his prize possession.

New King James Version

71 From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

New Living Translation

71 He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob's descendants- God's own people, Israel.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 78:71

Commentary on Psalm 78:56-72

(Read Psalm 78:56-72)

After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own heart. With good reason does the psalmist make this finishing, crowning instance of God's favour to Israel; for David was a type of Christ, the great and good Shepherd, who was humbled first, and then exalted; and of whom it was foretold, that he should be filled with the Spirit of wisdom and understanding. On the uprightness of his heart, and the skilfulness of his hands, all his subjects may rely; and of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end. Every trial of human nature hitherto, confirms the testimony of Scripture, that the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, and nothing but being created anew by the Holy Ghost can cure the ungodliness of any.