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70 1 He prayeth to be right speedily delivered. 2 He desireth the shame of his enemies, 4 And the joyful comfort of all those that seek the Lord.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David, to put [a]in remembrance.
1 O (A)God, [b]haste thee to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord.
2 Let them be [c]confounded and put to shame, that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their [d]shame, which say, Aha, aha.
4 But let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee, and let all that love thy salvation, say always, God be praised.
5 Now I am [e]poor and needy: O God, make haste to me: thou art my helper, and my deliverer: O Lord, make no tarrying.
71 He prayeth in faith, established by the word of promise, 5 And confirmed by the work of God from his youth. 10 He complaineth of the cruelty of his enemies, 17 And desireth God to continue his graces toward him, 22 Promising to be mindful and thankful for the same.
1 In (B)[f]thee, O Lord, I trust: let me never be ashamed.
2 Rescue me and deliver me in thy [g]righteousness: incline thine ear unto me and save me.
3 Be thou my strong rock, whereunto I may always resort: thou [h]hast given commandment to save me: for thou art my rock, and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand [i]of the wicked: out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
5 For thou art mine hope, O Lord God, even my [j]trust from my youth.
6 Upon thee have I been stayed from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be always of thee.
7 I am become as it were a [k]monster unto many: but thou art my sure trust.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, and with thy glory every day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of [l]age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak of me, and they that lay wait for my soul, take their counsel together,
11 Saying, [m]God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
12 Go not far from me, O God: [n]my God haste thee to help me.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are against my soul: let them be covered with reproof and confusion, that seek mine hurt.
14 But I will wait continually, and will praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall daily rehearse thy righteousness, and thy salvation: [o]for I know not the number.
16 I will [p]go forward in the strength of the Lord God, and will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth even until now: therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works,
18 [q]Yea even unto mine old age and gray head, O God: forsake me not, until I have declared thine arm unto this generation, and thy power to all them that shall come.
19 And thy [r]righteousness, O God, I will exalt on high: for thou hast done great things: [s]O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Which hast showed me great troubles and [t]adversities, but thou wilt return and revive me, and wilt come again, and take me up from the depth of the earth.
21 Thou wilt increase mine honor, and return and comfort me.
22 Therefore will I praise thee for thy [u]faithfulness, O God, upon instrument and viol: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O Holy one of Israel.
23 My lips will rejoice when I sing unto thee, and my [v]soul which thou hast delivered.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness daily: for they are confounded and brought unto shame, that seek mine hurt.
72 1 He prayeth for the prosperous estate of the kingdom of Solomon, who was the figure of Christ, 4 under whom shall be righteousness, peace, and felicity. 10 Unto whom all Kings and nations shall do homage, 17 Whose name and power shall endure forever, and in whom all nations shall be blessed.
A Psalm [w]of Solomon.
1 Give thy [x]judgments to the King, O God, and thy righteousness to the King’s [y]son.
2 Then shall he judge thy people in righteousness, and thy poor with equity.
3 The [z]mountains, and the hills shall bring peace to the people by justice.
4 He shall [aa]judge the poor of the people: he shall save the children of the needy, and shall subdue the oppressor.
5 They shall [ab]fear thee as long as the sun and moon endureth, from generation to generation.
6 He shall come [ac]down like the rain upon the mown grass, and as the showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace shall be so long as the moon endureth.
8 His dominion shall be also from [ad]sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the land.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness, shall kneel before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of [ae]Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings [af]of Sheba and Seba shall bring gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall worship him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth: the needy also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall be merciful to the poor and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor.
14 He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence, and [ag]dear shall their blood be in his sight.
15 Yea, he shall live, and unto him shall they give of the [ah]gold of Sheba: they shall also pray for him continually, and daily bless him.
16 An handful of corn shall be sown in the earth, even in the top of the mountains, and the [ai]fruit thereof shalt shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall flourish out of the city like the grass of the earth.
17 His name shall be forever: his name shall endure as long as the Sun: all nations shall bless [aj]him, and be blessed in him.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel which only doeth [ak]wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious Name forever: and let all the earth be filled with his glory. So be it, even so be it.
[20] Here end the [al]prayers of David the son of Jesse.
73 1 The Prophet teacheth by his example that neither the worldly prosperity of the ungodly, 14 nor yet the affliction of the good ought to discourage God’s children: but rather ought to move us to consider our Father’s providence, and to cause us to reverence God’s judgments, 19 forasmuch as the wicked vanish away, 24 and the godly enter into life everlasting, 28 in hope whereof he resigneth himself into God’s hands.
A Psalm committed to Asaph.
1 Yet [am]God is good to Israel: even to the pure in heart.
2 As for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well near slipped.
3 For I fretted at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are [an]no bands in their death, but they are lusty and strong.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
6 [ao]Therefore pride is as a chain unto them, and cruelty covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out for fatness: [ap]they have more than heart can wish.
8 They are licentious, and speak wickedly of their oppression: they talk presumptuously.
9 They [aq]set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his [ar]people turn hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they [as]say, How doth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Lo these are the wicked, yet prosper they always, and increase in riches.
13 Certainly I have cleansed mine heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency.
14 For daily have I been punished, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, [at]I will judge thus, behold the generation of thy children, I have trespassed.
16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painful for me,
17 Until I went into the [au]Sanctuary of God: then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou hast set them in slippery places, and castest them down into desolation.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and [av]horribly consumed,
20 As a dream when one awaketh! O Lord, when [aw]thou raisest us up, thou shalt make their image despised.
21 Certainly mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a [ax]beast before thee.
23 Yet I was always [ay]with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in [az]heaven but thee? and I have desired none in the earth with thee.
26 My flesh faileth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my [ba]portion forever.
27 For lo, that they withdraw themselves from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that [bb]go a whoring from thee.
28 As for me, it is good for me [bc]to draw near to God: therefore I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
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