Psalm 72–73

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.

Book Three: Psalms 73–89

Psalm 73

A Psalm of Asaph.

¹Truly God is good to Israel,

To such as are pure in heart.

²But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;

My steps had nearly ^bslipped.

^3cFor I was envious of the boastful,

When I saw the prosperity of the ^dwicked.

⁴For there are no ¹pangs in their death,

But their strength is firm.

^5eThey are not in trouble as other men,

Nor are they plagued like other men.

⁶Therefore pride serves as their necklace;

Violence covers them ^flike a garment.

^7gTheir ²eyes bulge with abundance;

They have more than heart could wish.

^8hThey scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;

They ⁱspeak ³loftily.

⁹They set their mouth ^jagainst the heavens,

And their tongue walks through the earth.

¹⁰Therefore his people return here,

^kAnd waters of a full cup are drained by them.

¹¹And they say, ^l“How does God know?

And is there knowledge in the Most High?”

¹²Behold, these are the ungodly,

Who are always at ease;

They increase in riches.

¹³Surely I have ⁴cleansed my heart in ^mvain,

And washed my hands in innocence.

¹⁴For all day long I have been plagued,

And chastened every morning.

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak thus,”

Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.

¹⁶When I thought how to understand this,

It was ⁵too painful for me—

¹⁷Until I went into the sanctuary of God;

Then I understood their ⁿend.

¹⁸Surely ^oYou set them in slippery places;

You cast them down to destruction.

¹⁹Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!

They are utterly consumed with terrors.

²⁰As a dream when one awakes,

So, Lord, when You awake,

You shall despise their image.

²¹Thus my heart was grieved,

And I was ⁶vexed in my mind.

^22pI was so foolish and ignorant;

I was like a beast before You.

²³Nevertheless I am continually with You;

You hold me by my right hand.

^24qYou will guide me with Your counsel,

And afterward receive me to glory.

^25rWhom have I in heaven but You?

And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.

^26sMy flesh and my heart fail;

But God is the ⁷strength of my heart and my ^tportion forever.

²⁷For indeed, ^uthose who are far from You shall perish;

You have destroyed all those who ⁸desert You for harlotry.

²⁸But it is good for me to ^vdraw near to God;

I have put my trust in the Lord God,

That I may ^wdeclare all Your works.