Psalms 78:72 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 78:72

So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.

BSB

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ASV

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

KJV

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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Commentary

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Augustine of Hippo

Exposition on Psalm 78 (430)

"And He took him from the flocks of sheep, from behind the teeming sheep He received him: to feed Jacob His servant, and Israel His inheritance" [Psalm 78:72]. This David indeed, of whose seed the flesh of Christ is, from the pastoral care of cattle was translated to the kingdom of men: but our David, Jesus Himself, from men to men, from Jews to Gentiles, was yet according to the parable from sheep to sheep taken away and translated. For there are not now in that land "Churches of Judæa in Christ," which belonged to them of the circumcision after the recent Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, of whom says the Apostle, "But I was unknown by face to the Churches of Judæa, which are in Christ," etc. [Galatians 1:22-23] Already from hence those Churches of the circumcised people have passed away: and thus in Judæa, which now does exist on the earth, there is not now Christ. He has been removed thence, now He does feed flocks of Gentiles. Truly from behind teeming sheep He has been taken thence. […]

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַ֭יִּרְעֵם	Vai.yir.'em	and he shepherded them	H7462 →
כְּתֹ֣ם	ke.Tom	according to [the] integrity of	H8537 →
לְבָב֑וֹ	le.va.Vo	heart his	H3824 →
וּבִתְבוּנ֖וֹת	u.vit.vu.Not	and with [the] skill of	H8394 →
כַּפָּ֣יו	ka.Pav	hands his	H3709 →
יַנְחֵֽם׃	yan.Chem	he led them	H5148 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

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
2 Timothy 2:15
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
  Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
- 2 Peter 1:10
  Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
- 1 Timothy 4:6
  By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.
- 2 Corinthians 10:18
  For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
- 2 Corinthians 5:9
  So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
Through
Acts 13:22
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:13–14
  “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- 1 Kings 15:5
  For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 16:13
  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.

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