Psalms 78:71 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 78:71

from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

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ASV

From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

From following the ewes great with younq - Margin, as in Hebrew, From after. The meaning is, that he followed after them; that is, he attended them, or watched over them as a shepherd. The single word rendered “the ewes great with young” - עול ‛ûl - is a participle from עלוה ‛âlâhô, to ascend, to go up; and then, to bring up, to nourish. The exact idea here is doubtless that of bringing up, or of sucking them, and the word should have been so translated here. It is so rendered by Luther.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Augustine of Hippo

Exposition on Psalm 78 (430)

"And He chose David His servant" [Psalm 78:71]. The tribe, I say, of Judah, for the sake of David: but David for the sake of Christ: the tribe then of Judah for the sake of Christ. At whose passing by blind men cried out, "Have pity on us, Son of David:" [Matthew 20:30] and immediately by His pity they received light, because true was the thing which they cried out. This then the Apostle does not cursorily speak of, but does heedfully notice, writing to Timothy, "Be thou mindful, that Christ Jesus has risen from the dead, of the seed of David," etc. [2 Timothy 2:8] Therefore the Saviour Himself, made according to the flesh of the seed of David, is figured in this passage under the name of David, the Lord opening in parables His mouth. And let it not move us, that when he had said, "and He chose David," under which name he signified Christ, he has added, "His servant," not His Son. Yea even hence we may perceive, that not the substance of the Only-Begotten coeternal with the Father, but the "form of a servant" was taken of the seed of David.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵאַחַ֥ר	me.'a.Char	from after	H310 →
עָל֗וֹת	a.Lot	nursing [sheep]	H5763 →
הֱ֫בִיא֥וֹ	he.vi.'O	he brought him	H935 →
לִ֭רְעוֹת	Lir.'ot	to shepherd	H7462 →
בְּיַעֲקֹ֣ב	be.ya.'a.Ko	<in> Jacob	H3290 →
עַמּ֑וֹ	a.Mo	people his	H5971 →
וּ֝בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	u.ve.Yis.ra.'El	and <in> Israel	H3478 →
נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃	na.cha.la.To	inheritance his	H5159 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
leads to
- Micah 5:4
  He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 34:23
  I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Psalms 23:1–6
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- John 10:11–16
  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Through
2 Samuel 5:2
Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel,…
leads to
- Matthew 2:6
  ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…
- Ezekiel 37:24–25
  My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
- John 10:11
  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

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Where the connections lead

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