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Ps 78:72 Strong Concordance So he fed [07462] them according to the integrity [08537] of his heart [03824]; and guided [05148] them by the skilfulness [08394] of his hands [03709].
  King James So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
So he fed them - He performed toward them the office of a shepherd.

According to the integrity of his heart - literally, "According to the perfection of his heart." That is, he was upright and pure in the administration of his government.

And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands - literally, "by the understanding of his hands" - as if the hand had been endued with intelligence. Compare Psa 144:1 : "Which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight." See also Psa 137:5. The idea is, that he administered the government with integrity and uprightness. This is a beautiful tribute to the integrity and purity of the administration of David. It is not the language of flattery; it is a simple statement, flowing from the heart, in favor of a just and upright administration; and it is a true statement of what the administration of David was. Save in the matter of Uriah - over which he afterward wept so bitterly - his administration was eminently just, pure, impartial, wise, and benignant; probably none among people have been more so. The whole psalm is thus a beautiful argument showing why the government had been transferred from Ephraim to Judah, and why it had been placed in the hands of David.
 
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5 If I forget [07911] thee, O Jerusalem [03389], let my right hand [03225] forget [07911] her cunning.
1 A Psalm of David [01732]. Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068] my strength [06697], which teacheth [03925] my hands [03027] to war [07128], and my fingers [0676] to fight [04421]: