David Sings and Plays the Harp Among Sheepby CBPepper
78:71Psalms 78:71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
The psalm containing this verse recounts the rich blessings God bestowed on His people and their poor return for those benefits. It records that Israel worked constantly against a good God, that through disobedience they were brought into the condition that was the sure result of their own course, and that they repented under rebuke and chastisement but fell again under temptation through self-indulgence and self-gratification. The verse records that David was brought from following the sheep in the sheepfold to the throne of Israel to feed God's people. It means that the Lord calls men of high and low degree to do His bidding and enter His service, taking men from every rank and occupation to serve Him.
The psalm containing this verse recounts the rich blessings God bestowed on His people and their poor return for those benefits. It records that Israel worked constantly against a good God, that through disobedience they were brought into the condition that was the sure result of their own course, and that they repented under rebuke and chastisement but fell again under temptation through self-indulgence and self-gratification. The verse records that David was brought from following the sheep in the sheepfold to the throne of Israel to feed God's people. It means that the Lord calls men of high and low degree to do His bidding and enter His service, taking men from every rank and occupation to serve Him.