Psalms 72
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
2But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
4For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
5They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
6Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
7Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
7May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
8They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
9They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
9May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
10Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
11And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
13He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
14He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
15If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
15Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
17Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
20As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
20Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
21For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:
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22And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
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23I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.
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24Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.
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25For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?
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26For 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.
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27For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.
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28But 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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