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Psalm 71-75
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 71-75
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 71
God’s Help in Old Age
1 Lord, I seek refuge in you;
let me never be disgraced.(A)
2 In your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.(B)
3 Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and fortress.(C)
4 Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.(D)
5 For you are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth.(E)
6 I have leaned on you from birth;
you took me from my mother’s womb.(F)
My praise is always about you.(G)
7 I am like a miraculous sign to many,
and you are my strong refuge.(H)
8 My mouth is full of praise
and honor to you all day long.(I)
9 Don’t discard me in my old age.
As my strength fails, do not abandon me.(J)
10 For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,(K)
11 saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”(L)
12 God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.(M)
13 May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who intend to harm me
be covered with disgrace and humiliation.(N)
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise you more and more.(O)
15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness
and your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.(P)
16 I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.(Q)
17 God, you have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim your wondrous works.(R)
18 Even while I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me,(S)
while I proclaim your power
to another generation,
your strength to all who are to come.(T)
19 Your righteousness reaches the heights, God,
you who have done great things;
God, who is like you?(U)
20 You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,(V)
but you will revive me again.(W)
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.(X)
21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.(Y)
22 Therefore, I will praise you with a harp
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to you with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.(Z)
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you
because you have redeemed me.(AA)
24 Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
your righteousness all day long,
for those who intend to harm me
will be disgraced and confounded.(AB)
Psalm 72
A Prayer for the King
Of Solomon.(AC)
1 God, give your justice to the king
and your righteousness to the king’s son.(AD)
2 He will judge your people with righteousness
and your afflicted ones with justice.(AE)
3 May the mountains bring well-being[a] to the people
and the hills, righteousness.(AF)
4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,
help the poor,
and crush the oppressor.(AG)
5 May they fear you[b] while the sun endures
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.(AH)
6 May the king be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.(AI)
7 May the righteous[c] flourish in his days
and well-being abound
until the moon is no more.(AJ)
8 May he rule from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates
to the ends of the earth.(AK)
9 May desert tribes kneel before him
and his enemies lick the dust.(AL)
10 May the kings of Tarshish
and the coasts and islands bring tribute,
the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.(AM)
11 Let all kings bow in homage to him,
all nations serve him.(AN)
12 For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.(AO)
13 He will have pity on the poor and helpless
and save the lives of the poor.(AP)
14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are[d] precious[e] in his sight.(AQ)
15 May he live long!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.(AR)
16 May there be plenty of grain in the land;
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.(AS)
17 May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.(AT)
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
who alone does wonders.(AU)
19 Blessed be his glorious name forever;
the whole earth is filled with his glory.(AV)
Amen and amen.
20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are concluded.(AW)
BOOK III
(Psalms 73–89)
Psalm 73
God’s Ways Vindicated
A psalm of Asaph.(AX)
1 God is indeed good to Israel,
to the pure in heart.(AY)
2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
my steps nearly went astray.(AZ)
3 For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(BA)
4 They have an easy time until they die,[f]
and their bodies are well fed.[g](BB)
5 They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.(BC)
6 Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.(BD)
7 Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.(BE)
8 They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.(BF)
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.(BG)
10 Therefore his people turn to them[h]
and drink in their overflowing words.[i](BH)
11 The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?” (BI)
12 Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.(BJ)
13 Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?(BK)
14 For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.(BL)
15 If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed your people.[j](BM)
16 When I tried to understand all this,
it seemed hopeless[k](BN)
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary.
Then I understood their destiny.(BO)
18 Indeed, you put them in slippery places;
you make them fall into ruin.(BP)
19 How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.(BQ)
20 Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.(BR)
21 When I became embittered
and my innermost being[l] was wounded,(BS)
22 I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward you.(BT)
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold my right hand.(BU)
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me up in glory.[m](BV)
25 Who do I have in heaven but you?
And I desire nothing on earth but you.(BW)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[n] of my heart,
my portion forever.(BX)
27 Those far from you will certainly perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.(BY)
28 But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all you do.(BZ)
Psalm 74
Prayer for Israel
A Maskil of Asaph.(CA)
1 Why have you rejected us forever, God?
Why does your anger burn
against the sheep of your pasture?(CB)
2 Remember your congregation,
which you purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.(CC)
Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.(CD)
3 Make your way[o] to the perpetual ruins,
to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.(CE)
4 Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where you met with us.[p]
They set up their emblems as signs.(CF)
5 It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,(CG)
6 then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.(CH)
7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly[q] desecrated
the dwelling place of your name.(CI)
8 They said in their hearts,
“Let’s oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned every place throughout the land
where God met with us.[r](CJ)
9 There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.(CK)
10 God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult your name forever?(CL)
11 Why do you hold back your hand?
Stretch out[s] your right hand and destroy them!(CM)
12 God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.(CN)
13 You divided the sea with your strength;
you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water;(CO)
14 you crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you fed him to the creatures of the desert. (CP)
15 You opened up springs and streams;(CQ)
you dried up ever-flowing rivers.(CR)
16 The day is yours, also the night;
you established the moon and the sun.(CS)
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made summer and winter.(CT)
18 Remember this: the enemy has mocked the Lord,
and a foolish people has insulted your name.(CU)
19 Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;[t]
do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.(CV)
20 Consider the covenant,(CW)
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.(CX)
21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.(CY)
22 Rise up, God, champion your cause!(CZ)
Remember the insults
that fools bring against you all day long.(DA)
23 Do not forget the clamor of your adversaries,
the tumult of your opponents that goes up constantly.(DB)
Psalm 75
God Judges the Wicked
For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph.(DC) A song.
1 We give thanks to you, God;
we give thanks to you, for your name is near.(DD)
People tell about your wondrous works.(DE)
2 “When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.(DF)
3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the one who steadies its pillars.(DG)Selah
4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.(DH)
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven[u]
or speak arrogantly.’”(DI)
6 Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
7 for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.(DJ)
8 For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.(DK)
9 As for me, I will tell about him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.(DL)
10 “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,(DM)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(DN)
Footnotes
- 72:3 Or peace, also in v. 7
- 72:5 LXX reads May he continue
- 72:7 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer read May righteousness
- 72:14 Lit their blood is
- 72:14 Or valuable
- 73:4 Lit For there are no pangs to their death
- 73:4 Lit fat
- 73:10 Lit turn here
- 73:10 Lit and waters of fullness are drained by them
- 73:15 Lit betrayed the generation of your sons
- 73:16 Lit it was trouble in my eyes
- 73:21 Lit my kidneys
- 73:24 Or will receive me with honor
- 73:26 Lit rock
- 74:3 Lit Lift up your steps
- 74:4 Lit in your meeting place
- 74:7 Lit they to the ground
- 74:8 Lit every meeting place of God in the land
- 74:11 Lit From your bosom
- 74:19 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr read life that praises you
- 75:5 Lit horn to the height
Psalm 71-75
New International Version
Psalm 71-75
New International Version
Psalm 71(A)
1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;(B)
let me never be put to shame.(C)
2 In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
turn your ear(D) to me and save me.
3 Be my rock of refuge,
to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.(E)
4 Deliver(F) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,(G)
from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.(H)
5 For you have been my hope,(I) Sovereign Lord,
my confidence(J) since my youth.
6 From birth(K) I have relied on you;
you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.(L)
I will ever praise(M) you.
7 I have become a sign(N) to many;
you are my strong refuge.(O)
8 My mouth(P) is filled with your praise,
declaring your splendor(Q) all day long.
9 Do not cast(R) me away when I am old;(S)
do not forsake(T) me when my strength is gone.
10 For my enemies(U) speak against me;
those who wait to kill(V) me conspire(W) together.
11 They say, “God has forsaken(X) him;
pursue him and seize him,
for no one will rescue(Y) him.”
12 Do not be far(Z) from me, my God;
come quickly, God, to help(AA) me.
13 May my accusers(AB) perish in shame;(AC)
may those who want to harm me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.(AD)
14 As for me, I will always have hope;(AE)
I will praise you more and more.
15 My mouth will tell(AF) of your righteous deeds,(AG)
of your saving acts all day long—
though I know not how to relate them all.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts,(AH) Sovereign Lord;
I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(AI) me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(AJ)
18 Even when I am old and gray,(AK)
do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(AL) to the next generation,
your mighty acts to all who are to come.(AM)
19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,(AN)
you who have done great things.(AO)
Who is like you, God?(AP)
20 Though you have made me see troubles,(AQ)
many and bitter,
you will restore(AR) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(AS)
you will again bring me up.
21 You will increase my honor(AT)
and comfort(AU) me once more.
22 I will praise you with the harp(AV)
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,(AW)
Holy One of Israel.(AX)
23 My lips will shout for joy(AY)
when I sing praise to you—
I whom you have delivered.(AZ)
24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
all day long,(BA)
for those who wanted to harm me(BB)
have been put to shame and confusion.(BC)
Psalm 72
Of Solomon.
1 Endow the king with your justice,(BD) O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,(BE)
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted(BF) among the people
and save the children of the needy;(BG)
may he crush the oppressor.(BH)
5 May he endure[a](BI) as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.(BJ)
6 May he be like rain(BK) falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days may the righteous flourish(BL)
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
8 May he rule from sea to sea
and from the River[b](BM) to the ends of the earth.(BN)
9 May the desert tribes bow before him
and his enemies lick the dust.
10 May the kings of Tarshish(BO) and of distant shores(BP)
bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba(BQ) and Seba
present him gifts.(BR)
11 May all kings bow down(BS) to him
and all nations serve(BT) him.
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity(BU) on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue(BV) them from oppression and violence,
for precious(BW) is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he live!
May gold from Sheba(BX) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
and bless him all day long.(BY)
16 May grain(BZ) abound throughout the land;
on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(CA) flourish like Lebanon(CB)
and thrive[c] like the grass of the field.(CC)
17 May his name endure forever;(CD)
may it continue as long as the sun.(CE)
18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,(CG)
who alone does marvelous deeds.(CH)
19 Praise be to his glorious name(CI) forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.(CJ)
Amen and Amen.(CK)
20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.(CL)
BOOK III
Psalms 73–89
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
1 Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.(CM)
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;(CN)
I had nearly lost my foothold.(CO)
3 For I envied(CP) the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(CQ)
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[e]
5 They are free(CR) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride(CS) is their necklace;(CT)
they clothe themselves with violence.(CU)
7 From their callous hearts(CV) comes iniquity[f];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;(CW)
with arrogance(CX) they threaten oppression.(CY)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[g]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
13 Surely in vain(DB) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.(DC)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(DD)
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand(DE) all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(DF) of God;
then I understood their final destiny.(DG)
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(DH)
you cast them down to ruin.(DI)
19 How suddenly(DJ) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(DK) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(DL) when one awakes;(DM)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(DN)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(DO) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast(DP) before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.(DQ)
24 You guide(DR) me with your counsel,(DS)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(DT)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(DU)
26 My flesh and my heart(DV) may fail,(DW)
but God is the strength(DX) of my heart
and my portion(DY) forever.
27 Those who are far from you will perish;(DZ)
you destroy all who are unfaithful(EA) to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.(EB)
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;(EC)
I will tell of all your deeds.(ED)
Psalm 74
A maskil[h] of Asaph.
1 O God, why have you rejected(EE) us forever?(EF)
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(EG)
2 Remember the nation you purchased(EH) long ago,(EI)
the people of your inheritance,(EJ) whom you redeemed(EK)—
Mount Zion,(EL) where you dwelt.(EM)
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(EN)
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4 Your foes roared(EO) in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards(EP) as signs.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.(EQ)
6 They smashed all the carved(ER) paneling
with their axes and hatchets.
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled(ES) the dwelling place(ET) of your Name.(EU)
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush(EV) them completely!”
They burned(EW) every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9 We are given no signs from God;(EX)
no prophets(EY) are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(EZ) will the enemy mock(FA) you, God?
Will the foe revile(FB) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(FC)
Take it from the folds of your garment(FD) and destroy them!
13 It was you who split open the sea(FG) by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster(FH) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(FI)
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(FJ)
15 It was you who opened up springs(FK) and streams;
you dried up(FL) the ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.(FM)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries(FN) of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.(FO)
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
how foolish people(FP) have reviled your name.
19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(FQ) to wild beasts;
do not forget the lives of your afflicted(FR) people forever.
20 Have regard for your covenant,(FS)
because haunts of violence fill the dark places(FT) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(FU) retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy(FV) praise your name.
22 Rise up,(FW) O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools(FX) mock you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor(FY) of your adversaries,(FZ)
the uproar(GA) of your enemies,(GB) which rises continually.
Psalm 75[i]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.
1 We praise you, God,
we praise you, for your Name is near;(GC)
people tell of your wonderful deeds.(GD)
2 You say, “I choose the appointed time;(GE)
it is I who judge with equity.(GF)
3 When the earth and all its people quake,(GG)
it is I who hold its pillars(GH) firm.[j]
4 To the arrogant(GI) I say, ‘Boast no more,’(GJ)
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.[k](GK)
5 Do not lift your horns against heaven;
do not speak so defiantly.(GL)’”
6 No one from the east or the west
or from the desert can exalt themselves.
7 It is God who judges:(GM)
He brings one down, he exalts another.(GN)
8 In the hand of the Lord is a cup
full of foaming wine mixed(GO) with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
drink it down to its very dregs.(GP)
Footnotes
- Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared
- Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
- Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
- Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)
- Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
- Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
- Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
- Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 75:1 In Hebrew texts 75:1-10 is numbered 75:2-11.
- Psalm 75:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 75:4 Horns here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.
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