Psalm 71-72

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Psalm 71^(A)

¹In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;^(B)
    let me never be put to shame.^(C)
²In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
    turn your ear^(D) to me and save me.
³Be my rock of refuge,
    to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.^(E)
⁴Deliver^(F) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,^(G)
    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.^(H)

⁵For you have been my hope,^(I) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence^(J) since my youth.
⁶From birth^(K) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.^(L)
    I will ever praise^(M) you.
⁷I have become a sign^(N) to many;
    you are my strong refuge.^(O)
⁸My mouth^(P) is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor^(Q) all day long.

⁹Do not cast^(R) me away when I am old;^(S)
    do not forsake^(T) me when my strength is gone.
¹⁰For my enemies^(U) speak against me;
    those who wait to kill^(V) me conspire^(W) together.
¹¹They say, “God has forsaken^(X) him;
    pursue him and seize him,
    for no one will rescue^(Y) him.”
¹²Do not be far^(Z) from me, my God;
    come quickly, God, to help^(AA) me.
¹³May my accusers^(AB) perish in shame;^(AC)
    may those who want to harm me
    be covered with scorn and disgrace.^(AD)

¹⁴As for me, I will always have hope;^(AE)
I will praise you more and more.

¹⁵My mouth will tell^(AF) of your righteous deeds,^(AG)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.
¹⁶I will come and proclaim your mighty acts,^(AH) Sovereign Lord;
    I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
¹⁷Since my youth, God, you have taught^(AI) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.^(AJ)
¹⁸Even when I am old and gray,^(AK)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power^(AL) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.^(AM)

¹⁹Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,^(AN)
    you who have done great things.^(AO)
    Who is like you, God?^(AP)
²⁰Though you have made me see troubles,^(AQ)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore^(AR) my life again;
from the depths of the earth^(AS)
    you will again bring me up.
²¹You will increase my honor^(AT)
    and comfort^(AU) me once more.

²²I will praise you with the harp^(AV)
    for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,^(AW)
    Holy One of Israel.^(AX)
²³My lips will shout for joy^(AY)
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.^(AZ)
²⁴My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
    all day long,^(BA)
for those who wanted to harm me^(BB)
    have been put to shame and confusion.^(BC)

Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

¹Endow the king with your justice,^(BD) O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
²May he judge your people in righteousness,^(BE)
your afflicted ones with justice.

³May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.
⁴May he defend the afflicted^(BF) among the people
    and save the children of the needy;^(BG)
    may he crush the oppressor.^(BH)
⁵May he endure^[a]^(BI) as long as the sun,
    as long as the moon, through all generations.^(BJ)
⁶May he be like rain^(BK) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.
⁷In his days may the righteous flourish^(BL)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River^[b]^(BM) to the ends of the earth.^(BN)
⁹May the desert tribes bow before him
    and his enemies lick the dust.
¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish^(BO) and of distant shores^(BP)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba^(BQ) and Seba
    present him gifts.^(BR)
¹¹May all kings bow down^(BS) to him
    and all nations serve^(BT) him.

¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
    the afflicted who have no one to help.
¹³He will take pity^(BU) on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.
¹⁴He will rescue^(BV) them from oppression and violence,
    for precious^(BW) is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba^(BX) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.^(BY)
¹⁶May grain^(BZ) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(CA) flourish like Lebanon^(CB)
    and thrive^[c] like the grass of the field.^(CC)
¹⁷May his name endure forever;^(CD)
    may it continue as long as the sun.^(CE)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,^[d]
and they will call him blessed.^(CF)

¹⁸Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,^(CG)
who alone does marvelous deeds.^(CH)
¹⁹Praise be to his glorious name^(CI) forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.^(CJ)
Amen and Amen.^(CK)

²⁰This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.^(CL)

Footnotes

Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared
Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)