Psalms 72
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
1God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
2But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
2He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
4For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
5They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
5They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
6Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
6He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
7Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
7In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
8They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
9They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
9Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
10Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
13He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
15If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
15He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.
16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
17Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
18Praise be to 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.
19Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole 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.
20This ends the prayers by David, the 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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