Psalm 78:72 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

With unselfish devotion David became their shepherd. With skill he guided them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

DBY:

And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!

Psalm 78:72 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 9:4 "As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

78:72 So {t} he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
(t) He shows where a kings charge stands: that is, to provide faithfully for his people, to guide them by counsel, and defend them by power.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

79 Fed Guided Guiding Hands Heart Integrity Lead Leadeth Led Psalm Ruleth Shepherd Shepherded Skilful Skilfulness Skillful Skillfulness Tended Upright Wisdom

Asaph David Fed Food Guided Guiding Hand Hands Heart Integrity Lead Psalm Ruleth Shepherd Skilful Skillful Skillfulness Tended Upright Wisdom

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