Psalms 78:72

78:71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. following: Heb. after

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

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

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

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

What does Psalms 78:72 mean?

Psalms 78:72 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָעָה (râʻâh), תֹּם (tôm), לֵבָב (lêbâb).

Hebrew interlinear

fedרָעָהrâʻâh/raw-aw'/H7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

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integrityתֹּםtôm/tome/H8537completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence

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heart;לֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);

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guidedנָחָהnâchâh/naw-khaw'/H5148to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)

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skilfulnessתָּבוּןtâbûwn/taw-boon'/H8394intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice

his

hands.כַּףkaph/kaf/H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:72.

Genesis 20:5

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. integrity: or, simplicity, or, sincerity

Genesis 20:6

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

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What does Psalms 78:72 say?

Psalms 78:72 (King James Version) reads: "So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands."

Is Psalms 78:72 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:72 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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