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| Psalms 72:1 | A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart! | Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son. |
| Psalms 72:2 | But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped. | He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. |
| Psalms 72:3 | Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners. | The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. |
| Psalms 72:4 | For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes. | He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. |
| Psalms 72:5 | They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men. B Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness. | They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations. |
| Psalms 72:7 | Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart. | He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth. |
| Psalms 72:8 | They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high. | In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more. |
| Psalms 72:9 | They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth. | He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth. |
| Psalms 72:10 | Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them. | They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust. |
| Psalms 72:11 | And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? | The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. |
| Psalms 72:12 | Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches. | Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him. |
| Psalms 72:13 | And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent. | For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. |
| Psalms 72:14 | And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings. | He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. |
| Psalms 72:15 | If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children. | He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight: |
| Psalms 72:16 | I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight: | And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They shall bless him all the day long. |
| Psalms 72:17 | Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends. | There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. |
| Psalms 72:18 | But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down. | 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 happy. |
| Psalms 72:19 | How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity. | Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things: |
| Psalms 72:20 | As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing. | And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen. |
| Psalms 72:21 | For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed: | The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. BOOK III Psalm 73 A Psalm of Asaph. |
| Psalms 72:22 | and I am brought to nothing, and I knew not. | |
| Psalms 72:23 | I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee. | |
| Psalms 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. | |
| Psalms 72:25 | For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth? | |
| Psalms 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. | |
| Psalms 72:27 | For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee. | |
| Psalms 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. | |
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