Psalms 78:71 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷¹From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Psalms 78:71 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:2
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:2
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
Ezekiel 34:23-24
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. …
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
1 Samuel 2:7-8
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. …

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Chosen, or Elected Contingencies Decrees, Divine Election Foreordination God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 40-72)

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hast…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 71)

70-72. God’s sovereignty was illustrated in this choice. The contrast is striking--humility and exaltation--and the correspondence is beautiful.