rsv Psalms:78:68-72
rsv@Psalms:78:68 @ He rejected the tent of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of E'phraim;
rsv@Psalms:78:69 @ but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
rsv@Psalms:78:70 @ He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded for ever.
rsv@Psalms:78:71 @ He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
rsv@Psalms:78:72 @ from tending the ewes that had young he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, of Israel his inheritance. [ (Psalms strkjv@78:73) With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skilful hand. ]