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He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the tent he had set up among men.
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He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
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He gave his people over to the sword;
he was very angry with his inheritance.
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Fire consumed their young men,
and their maidens had no wedding songs;
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their priests were put to the sword,
and their widows could not weep.
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Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as a man wakes from the stupor of wine.
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He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.
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Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
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but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loved.
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He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
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He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
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from tending the sheep he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
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And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
with skillful hands he led them.