“So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.”
David's faithfulness is affirmed: "With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skillful hand." The psalm concludes by affirming David's faithful shepherding of the people. Unlike the pattern of Israel's faithlessness throughout earlier parts of the psalm, David is characterized by an upright heart and skillful guidance. The implication is that if future kings maintain David's faithfulness, God's covenant promise will endure.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:72
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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