American Standard Version
"But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. "
— Psalms 78:68, American Standard Version
“But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.”
“But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.”
“He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.”
“But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.”
“But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.”
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.