Psalm 71

1  *aIn thee, O Lord, do I put my trust:

Let me never be put to confusion.

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

Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

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

Thou hast cgiven commandment to save me;

For thou art my rock and ccmy fortress.

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

Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5  For thou art emy hope, O Lord God:

Thou art my trust from my youth.

6  By 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.

7  I am as ia wonder unto many;

But thou art my strong refuge.

8  Let kmy mouth be filled with thy praise

And with thy honour all the day.

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

lForsake me not when my strength faileth.

10  For mine enemies speak against me;

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

11  nSaying, God hath forsaken him:

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

12  oO God, be not far from me:

O my God, pmake haste for my help.

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

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

14  But I will hope continually,

And will yet praise thee more and more.

15  tMy mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness

And thy salvation all the day;

For uI know not the numbers thereof.

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

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

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

And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

18  Now 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.

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

aWho hast done great things:

O God, bwho is like unto thee!

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

Shalt dquicken me again,

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

21  Thou shalt increase my greatness,

And comfort me on every side.

22  I 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.

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

And gmy soul, which thou hast redeemed.

24  hMy 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 72

A Psalm ||*for Solomon.

1  Give the king thy judgments, O God,

*And athy righteousness unto bthe king’s son.

2  cHe shall judge thy people with righteousness,

And thy poor with judgment.

3  The dmountains shall bring epeace to the people,

And the dlittle hills, by erighteousness.

4  cHe shall judge the poor of the people,

He shall save the children of the needy,

And shall break in pieces the oppressor.

5  They shall fear thee fas long as the sun

And moon endure, throughout all generations.

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

As ishowers that water the earth.

7  In his days kshall the righteous flourish;

And labundance of peace m†so long as the moon endureth.

8  nHe shall have dominion also from sea to sea,

And from nthe river unto othe ends of the earth.

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

And his enemies qshall lick the dust.

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

The kings of xSheba and ySeba shall offer zgifts.

11  Yea, all kings ashall fall down before him:

All nations shall serve him.

12  For he shall deliver the needy bwhen he crieth;

The poor also, band him that hath no helper.

13  He shall spare the poor and needy,

And shall save the souls of the needy.

14  He shall redeem their soul from cdeceit and violence:

And dprecious shall their blood be in his sight.

15  And 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.

16  There shall be an 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.

17  His 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.

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

Who oonly pdoeth wondrous things.

19  And blessed be qhis glorious name for ever:

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

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

Psalm 73

||A Psalm of *Asaph.

1  ||Truly God is good to aIsrael,

Even to such as are †of a clean heart.

2  But as for me, my feet were almost bgone;

My steps had well nigh slipped.

3  cFor I was denvious at the efoolish,

When I saw the fprosperity of the wicked.

4  For there are no gbands in their death:

But their strength is †firm.

5  They are not †in trouble as other men;

Neither are they hplagued †like other men.

6  nTherefore pride compasseth them about ias a chain;

Violence covereth them jas a garment.

7  kTheir eyes stand out with fatness:

†They have more than heart could wish.

8  They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:

lThey speak mloftily.

9  They set their mouth against the heavens,

And their tongue walketh through the earth.

10  nTherefore his people return hither:

And waters of a full ocup pare wrung out to them.

11  And they say, qHow doth God know?

And is there knowledge in the most High?

12  Behold, these are the ungodly,

rWho prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

13  sVerily I have cleansed my heart in vain,

And twashed my hands in innocency.

14  For all the day long have I been hplagued,

And †chastened ttevery morning.

15  If I say, I will speak uthus;

Behold, I should offend against vthe generation of thy children.

16  When I wthought to know this,

†It was too painful for me;

17  Until I went into xthe sanctuary of God;

Then yunderstood I ztheir end.

18  sSurely thou didst set them in aslippery places:

Thou castedst them down into bdestruction.

19  How are they brought into desolation, cas in a moment!

They are utterly dconsumed with eterrors.

20  fAs a dream when one awaketh;

So, O Lord, gwhen thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

21  Thus my heart was grieved,

And I was pricked in my reins.

22  So hfoolish was I, and †ignorant:

I was as ia beast †before thee.

23  Nevertheless I am continually with thee:

Thou hast holden me by my right hand.

24  jThou shalt guide me with thy counsel,

And afterward jjreceive me to glory.

25  Whom have I in heaven but thee?

And there is none upon earth that I desire kbeside thee.

26  lMy flesh and my heart faileth:

But God is the †strength of my heart, and mmy portion nfor ever.

27  For, lo, othey that are far from thee shall perish:

Thou hast destroyed all them that pgo a whoring from thee.

28  But it is good for me to draw near to God:

I have put my trust in the Lord God,

That I may qdeclare all thy works.