Psalm 71–72

Psalm LXXI.

^aIn thee, O Lord, do I put my trust:

Let me never be put to confusion.

²Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape:

Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

³Be thou my strong ^bhabitation, whereunto I may continually resort:

Thou hast ^cgiven commandment to save me;

For thou art my rock and ^ccmy fortress.

^4dDeliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,

Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

⁵For thou art ^emy hope, O Lord God:

Thou art my trust from my youth.

⁶By thee have I been ^fholden up ^gfrom the womb:

Thou art ^hhe that took me out of my mother’s bowels:

My praise shall be continually of thee.

⁷I am as ⁱa wonder unto many;

But thou art my strong refuge.

⁸Let ^kmy mouth be filled with thy praise

And with thy honour all the day.

^9lCast me not off in the time of old age;

^lForsake me not when my strength faileth.

¹⁰For mine enemies speak against me;

And they that lay wait for my soul ^mtake counsel together,

¹¹ⁿSaying, God hath forsaken him:

Persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

^12oO God, be not far from me:

O my God, ^pmake haste for my help.

^13qLet them be confounded and consumed that are ^radversaries to my soul;

^rLet them be covered with reproach and dishonour ^sthat seek my hurt.

¹⁴But I will hope continually,

And will yet praise thee more and more.

^15tMy mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness

And thy salvation all the day;

For ^uI know not the numbers thereof.

^16xI will go in the strength of the Lord God:

I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth:

And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

¹⁸Now also when I am ^yold and grayheaded,

O God, ^yforsake me not;

Until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation,

And thy power to every one that is to come.

^19zThy righteousness also, O God, is very high,

^aWho hast done great things:

O God, ^bwho is like unto thee!

²⁰Thou, ^cwhich hast shewed me great and sore troubles,

Shalt ^dquicken me again,

And shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

²¹Thou shalt increase my greatness,

And comfort me on every side.

²²I will also praise thee with the ^epsaltery,

Even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing

With the ^eharp, O thou ^fHoly One of Israel.

²³My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee;

And ^gmy soul, which thou hast redeemed.

^24hMy tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:

For ⁱthey are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalm LXXII.

A Psalm for Solomon.

Give the king thy judgments, O God,

And ^athy righteousness unto ^bthe king’s son.

^2cHe shall judge thy people with righteousness,

And thy poor with judgment.

³The ^dmountains shall bring ^epeace to the people,

And the ^dlittle hills, by ^erighteousness.

^4cHe shall judge the poor of the people,

He shall save the children of the needy,

And shall break in pieces the oppressor.

⁵They shall fear thee ^fas long as the sun

And moon endure, throughout all generations.

^6gHe shall come down like rain upon ^hthe mown grass:

As ⁱshowers that water the earth.

⁷In his days ^kshall the righteous flourish;

And ^labundance of peace ^mso long as the moon endureth.

⁸ⁿHe shall have dominion also from sea to sea,

And from ⁿthe river unto ^othe ends of the earth.

^9pThey that dwell in the wilderness shall ^ppbow before him;

And his enemies ^qshall lick the dust.

^10rThe kings of ^sTarshish and of ^tthe isles shall bring ^upresents:

The kings of ^xSheba and ^ySeba shall offer ^zgifts.

¹¹Yea, all kings ^ashall fall down before him:

All nations shall serve him.

¹²For he shall deliver the needy ^bwhen he crieth;

The poor also, ^band him that hath no helper.

¹³He shall spare the poor and needy,

And shall save the souls of the needy.

¹⁴He shall redeem their soul from ^cdeceit and violence:

And ^dprecious shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of ^eSheba:

Prayer also shall be made ^ffor him continually;

And daily shall he be praised.

¹⁶There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains;

The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:

^gAnd ^hthey of the city ⁱshall flourish ^klike grass of the earth.

¹⁷His name shall endure for ever:

His name shall be continued as long as the sun:

And ^lmen shall be blessed in him:

^mAll nations shall call him blessed.

^18tnBlessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,

Who ^oonly ^pdoeth wondrous things.

¹⁹And blessed be ^qhis glorious name for ever:

^rAnd let the whole earth be filled with his glory; ^sAmen, and Amen.

^20tThe ^uprayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.