Psalm 71–72

Psalm 71

¹In ^aYou, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be put to shame.

^2bDeliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;

^cIncline Your ear to me, and save me.

^3dBe my ¹strong refuge,

To which I may resort continually;

You have given the ^ecommandment to save me,

For You are my rock and my fortress.

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

Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

⁵For You are ^gmy hope, O Lord God;

You are my trust from my youth.

^6hBy You I have been ²upheld from birth;

You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.

My praise shall be continually of You.

⁷ⁱI have become as a wonder to many,

But You are my strong refuge.

⁸Let ^jmy mouth be filled with Your praise

And with Your glory all the day.

⁹Do not cast me off in the time of old age;

Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me;

And those who lie in wait for my life ^ktake counsel together,

¹¹Saying, “God has forsaken him;

Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

^12lO God, do not be far from me;

O my God, ^mmake haste to help me!

¹³Let them be ³confounded and consumed

Who are adversaries of my life;

Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor

Who seek my hurt.

¹⁴But I will hope continually,

And will praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness

And Your salvation all the day,

For I do not know their limits.

¹⁶I will go in the strength of the Lord God;

I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

¹⁷O God, You have taught me from my ⁿyouth;

And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.

¹⁸Now also ^owhen I am old and grayheaded,

O God, do not forsake me,

Until I declare Your strength to this generation,

Your power to everyone who is to come.

¹⁹Also ^pYour righteousness, O God, is ⁴very high,

You who have done great things;

^qO God, who is like You?

^20rYou, who have shown me great and severe troubles,

^sShall revive me again,

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

²¹You shall increase my greatness,

And comfort me on every side.

²²Also ^twith the lute I will praise You—

And Your faithfulness, O my God!

To You I will sing with the harp,

O ^uHoly One of Israel.

²³My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,

And ^vmy soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;

For they are confounded,

For they are brought to shame

Who seek my hurt.

Psalm 72

A Psalm Of Solomon.

¹Give the king Your judgments, O God,

And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.

^2bHe will judge Your people with righteousness,

And Your poor with justice.

^3cThe mountains will bring peace to the people,

And the little hills, by righteousness.

^4dHe will bring justice to the poor of the people;

He will save the children of the needy,

And will ¹break in pieces the oppressor.

⁵²They shall fear You

^eAs long as the sun and moon endure,

Throughout all generations.

^6fHe shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing,

Like showers that water the earth.

⁷In His days the righteous shall flourish,

^gAnd abundance of peace,

Until the moon is no more.

^8hHe shall have dominion also from sea to sea,

And from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁹ⁱThose who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him,

^jAnd His enemies will lick the dust.

^10kThe kings of Tarshish and of the isles

Will bring presents;

The kings of Sheba and Seba

Will offer gifts.

^11lYes, all kings shall fall down before Him;

All nations shall serve Him.

¹²For He ^mwill deliver the needy when he cries,

The poor also, and him who has no helper.

¹³He will spare the poor and needy,

And will save the souls of the needy.

¹⁴He will redeem their life from oppression and violence;

And ⁿprecious shall be their blood in His sight.

¹⁵And He shall live;

And the gold of ^oSheba will be given to Him;

Prayer also will be made for Him continually,

And daily He shall be praised.

¹⁶There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,

On the top of the mountains;

Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;

^pAnd those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

^17qHis name shall endure forever;

His name shall continue as long as the sun.

And ^rmen shall be blessed in Him;

^sAll nations shall call Him blessed.

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

^uWho only does wondrous things!

¹⁹And ^vblessed be His glorious name forever!

^wAnd let the whole earth be filled with His glory.

Amen and Amen.

²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.