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67 He rejected the tent of Joseph
    and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 Rather, he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion,[a] which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    and like the earth[b] that he founded forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:68 He chose . . . Mount Zion: see Ps 132:11, 17.
  2. Psalm 78:69 High heavens . . . earth: the Lord built his sanctuary to last like the heavens and the earth (see note on Ps 24:2) and to reflect his glory as they do (see Pss 19:2; 29:9; 97:6).