Psalm 78:65-67

Contemporary English Version

⁶⁵Finally the Lord woke up,
like a soldier
startled from a drunken sleep.
⁶⁶God scattered his enemies
and made them ashamed
forever.

⁶⁷Then the Lord decided
not to make his home
with Joseph's descendants
in Ephraim.^[a]

78.67 with … Ephraim: Ephraim was Joseph's youngest son. One of the twelve tribes was named after him, and sometimes the northern kingdom of Israel was also known as Ephraim. The town of Shiloh was in the territory of Ephraim, but the place where God was worshiped was moved from there to Zion (Jerusalem) in the territory of Judah.