Psalms 72
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king's son;
1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
2That he may judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with justice.
2But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.
3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
4May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
4For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
5They shall fear Thee while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, throughout all generations.
5They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
6May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
6Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
7In his days let the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.
7Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
8May he have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth.
8They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
9Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; and his enemies lick the dust.
9They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
10Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
11Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; all nations shall serve him.
11And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
13He will have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he will save.
13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence, and precious will their blood be in his sight;
14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
15That they may live, and that he may give them of the gold of Sheba, that they may pray for him continually, yea, bless him all the day.
15If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
16May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth.
16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
17May his name endure for ever; may his name be continued as long as the sun; may men also bless themselves by him; may all nations call him happy.
17Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things;
18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
19And blessed be His glorious name for ever; and let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.
19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
20As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
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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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