Psalms 78:72 Cross References

Psalms 78:72

72: He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.

As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, always obeying my commands and keeping my laws and regulations,

Word of the king's decision spread quickly throughout all Israel, and the people were awed as they realized the great wisdom God had given him to render decisions with justice.

Solomon replied, "You were wonderfully kind to my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued this great kindness to him today by giving him a son to succeed him.
O LORD my God, now you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn't know his way around.
And here I am among your own chosen people, a nation so great they are too numerous to count!
Give me an understanding mind so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great nation of yours?"

Now this is not a reference to David, for after David had served his generation according to the will of God, he died and was buried, and his body decayed.

It is not that we think we can do anything of lasting value by ourselves. Our only power and success come from God.
He is the one who has enabled us to represent his new covenant. This is a covenant, not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old way ends in death; in the new way, the Holy Spirit gives life.

If you need wisdom--if you want to know what God wants you to do--ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.

And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
He will delight in obeying the LORD. He will never judge by appearance, false evidence, or hearsay.
He will defend the poor and the exploited. He will rule against the wicked and destroy them with the breath of his mouth.

I will sing of your love and justice. I will praise you, LORD, with songs.
I will be careful to live a blameless life--when will you come to my aid? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.
I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all crooked dealings; I will have nothing to do with them.
I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil.
I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.

Then the LORD said to me, "Go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd.
This will illustrate how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for the sheep that are threatened by death, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.
Doom is certain for this worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! The sword will cut his arm and pierce his right eye! His arm will become useless, and his right eye completely blind!"

Work hard so God can approve you. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.

For David had done what was pleasing in the LORD's sight and had obeyed the LORD's commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

But God removed him from the kingship and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, 'David son of Jesse is a man after my own heart, for he will do everything I want him to.'

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