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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.
Psalm 71-75
King James Version
Psalm 71-75
King James Version
71 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
72 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
73 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
74 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
75 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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