Psalms 71-75
Psalms 71
Psa 71:1 In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Psa 71:2 Deliver me in Thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline Thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psa 71:3 Be Thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress.
Psa 71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psa 71:5 For Thou art my hope, O Lord God: Thou art my trust from my youth.
Psa 71:6 By Thee have I been holden up from the womb: Thou art He that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of Thee.
Psa 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong refuge.
Psa 71:8 Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise and with Thy honour all the day.
Psa 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psa 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Psa 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Psa 71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Psa 71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psa 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise Thee more and more.
Psa 71:15 My mouth shall shew forth Thy righteousness and Thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Psa 71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only.
Psa 71:17 O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared Thy wondrous works.
Psa 71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed Thy strength unto this generation, and Thy power to every one that is to come.
Psa 71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto Thee!
Psa 71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psa 71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Psa 71:22 I will also praise Thee with the psaltery, even Thy truth, O my God: unto Thee will I sing with the harp, O Thou Holy One of Israel.
Psa 71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto Thee; and my soul, which Thou hast redeemed.
Psa 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of Thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Psalms 72
Psa 72:1 A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
Psa 72:2 He shall judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with judgment.
Psa 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Psa 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, He shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psa 72:5 They shall fear Thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
Psa 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Psa 72:7 In His days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Psa 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Psa 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him; and His enemies shall lick the dust.
Psa 72:10 The kings of Tar´-shish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of She´-ba and Se´-ba shall offer gifts.
Psa 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before Him: all nations shall serve Him.
Psa 72:12 For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psa 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
Psa 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in His sight.
Psa 72:15 And He shall live, and to Him shall be given of the gold of She´-ba: prayer also shall be made for Him continually; and daily shall He be praised.
Psa 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Leb´-a-non: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Psa 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: His name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.
Psa 72:18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Psa 72:19 And blessed be His glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with His glory; A-men´, and A-men´.
Psa 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Psalms 73
Psa 73:1 A Psalm of A´-saph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Psa 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Psa 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psa 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psa 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Psa 73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psa 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Psa 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Psa 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psa 73:10 Therefore His people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psa 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psa 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Psa 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psa 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psa 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of Thy children.
Psa 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psa 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Psa 73:18 Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places: Thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psa 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psa 73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when Thou awakest, Thou shalt despise their image.
Psa 73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Psa 73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee.
Psa 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with Thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Psa 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psa 73:25 Whom have I in Heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.
Psa 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psa 73:27 For, lo, they that are far from Thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from Thee.
Psa 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Thy works.
Psalms 74
Psa 74:1 Mas´-chil of A´-saph. O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture?
Psa 74:2 Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast purchased of old; the rod of Thine inheritance, which Thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.
Psa 74:3 Lift up Thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psa 74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of Thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
Psa 74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Psa 74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psa 74:7 They have cast fire into Thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of Thy name to the ground.
Psa 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Psa 74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
Psa 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?
Psa 74:11 Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? pluck it out of Thy bosom.
Psa 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psa 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by Thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Psa 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Psa 74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Psa 74:16 The day is Thine, the night also is Thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psa 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
Psa 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Thy name.
Psa 74:19 O deliver not the soul of Thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of Thy poor for ever.
Psa 74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Psa 74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
Psa 74:22 Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth Thee daily.
Psa 74:23 Forget not the voice of Thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against Thee increaseth continually.
Psalms 75
Psa 75:1 To the chief Musician, Al-tas´chith, A Psalm or Song of A´-saph. Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto Thee do we give thanks: for that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare.
Psa 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
Psa 75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Psa 75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psa 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Psa 75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psa 75:7 But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psa 75:8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and He poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psa 75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Psa 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.