Psalms 72; Psalms 73

1 (71-1) <A psalm on Solomon.> (71-2) Give to the king thy judgment, O God, and to the king’s son thy justice:

2 (71-2) To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.

3 (71-3) Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.

4 (71-4) He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

5 (71-5) And he shall continue with the sun and before the moon, throughout all generations.

6 (71-6) He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

7 (71-7) In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away.

8 (71-8) And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

9 (71-9) Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground.

10 (71-10) The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:

11 (71-11) And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall serve him.

12 (71-12) For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.

13 (71-13) He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor.

14 (71-14) He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable in his sight.

15 (71-15) And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the day.

16 (71-16) And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

17 (71-17) Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.

18 (71-18) Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful things.

19 (71-19) And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.

20 (71-20) The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

1 (72-1) <A psalm for Asaph.> How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!

2 (72-2) But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.

3 (72-3) Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

4 (72-4) For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.

5 (72-5) They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.

6 (72-6) Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

7 (72-7) Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.

8 (72-8) They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.

9 (72-9) They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.

10 (72-10) Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.

11 (72-11) And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

12 (72-12) Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches.

13 (72-13) And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

14 (72-14) And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.

15 (72-15) If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.

16 (72-16) I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:

17 (72-17) Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.

18 (72-18) But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.

19 (72-19) How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.

20 (72-20) As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.

21 (72-21) For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:

22 (72-22) And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.

23 (72-23) I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.

24 (72-24) Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.

25 (72-25) For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?

26 (72-26) For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.

27 (72-27) For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.

28 (72-28) But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.