Psalm 71–72

Psalm 71

¹In thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed. ²Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. ³Be to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. ⁴My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. ⁵For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, my confidence from my youth. ⁶On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother thou didst draw me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee. ⁷I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. ⁸My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, with thy glory, all the day. ⁹Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. ¹⁰For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together, ¹¹Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver. ¹²O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help. ¹³Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

¹⁴But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more. ¹⁵My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof. ¹⁶I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone. ¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works: ¹⁸Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come. ¹⁹And thy righteousness, O God, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee? ²⁰Thou, who hast shewn us many and sore troubles, wilt revive us again, and wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth; ²¹Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. ²²I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, my God; unto thee will I sing psalms with the harp, thou holy One of Israel. ²³My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. ²⁴My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day; for they shall be ashamed, for they shall be brought to confusion, that seek my hurt.

Psalm 72

For Solomon.

O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

²He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment. ³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness. ⁴He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor. ⁵They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation. ⁶He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. ⁷In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more. ⁸And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. ⁹The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute: ¹¹Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him. ¹²For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper; ¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy: ¹⁴He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight. ¹⁵And he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually: all the day shall he be blessed. ¹⁶There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth. ¹⁷His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things! ¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen. ²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.