Psalms 78:70

“He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:”

"He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:" - Psalms 78:70
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What does Psalms 78:70 mean?

Psalms-78:70 "He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds." This verse from the book of Psalms is a reflection on the choosing of David as the king of Israel by God. It reflects on the divine intervention and wisdom in the selection of a leader for His people…

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From Sheepfolds to Sovereignty: The Divine Choice of David

In Psalm 78:70, the Word of God reveals, “He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.” This verse encapsulates a profound truth about God’s selection of leaders and His ability to transform humble beginnings into monumental destinies. As we delve into this…

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A Prayer for Divine Selection and Purpose

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I feel the weight of Your love and the magnitude of Your grace resting upon my heart. I reflect on Your word in Psalm 78:70, which declares, "He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds." Lord, I stand in awe of…

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Psalms 78:70 - "He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:"
Psalms 119:70 - "Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law."
Psalms 70:3 - "Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha."
Psalms 78:8 - "And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God."
"And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer." - Psalms 78:35
"They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;" - Psalms 78:10
"Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble." - Psalms 78:33
Psalms 78:18 - "And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust."
Psalms 78:35 - "And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer."
Psalms 70:1 - "Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD."
Psalms 78:47 - "He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost."
Psalms 78:10 - "They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;"
Psalms 78:64 - "Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation."
Psalms 78:22 - "Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:"
"Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD." - Psalms 70:1
"He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts." - Psalms 78:48
"They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths," - Psalms 78:30
Psalms 78:61 - "And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand."
Psalms 78:67 - "Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:"
"And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness." - Psalms 78:17
"When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:" - Psalms 78:59
Psalms 78:44 - "And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink."
Psalms 78:32 - "For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works."
Psalms 78:41 - "Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel."
Psalms 78:17 - "And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness."
Psalms 78:36 - "Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues."
Psalms 78:59 - "When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:"
Psalms 78:28 - "And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations."
Psalms 78:63 - "The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage."