ASV - Psalms 70 to 72

Psalm 70

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance.

¹Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah. ²Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. ³Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha. ⁴Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. ⁵But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.

Psalm 71

¹In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.

²Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me. ³Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress. ⁴Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. ⁵For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: Thou art my trust from my youth. ⁶By 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. ⁷I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge. ⁸My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day. ⁹Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. ¹⁰For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together, ¹¹Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver. ¹²O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me. ¹³Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. ¹⁴But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more. ¹⁵My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, And of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof. ¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. ¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. ¹⁸Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. ¹⁹Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee? ²⁰Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth. ²¹Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me. ²²I will also praise thee with the psaltery, Even thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. ²³My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed. ²⁴My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

Psalm 72 A Psalm of Solomon.

¹Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son. ²He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. ³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. ⁴He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. ⁵They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations. ⁶He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth. ⁷In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more. ⁸He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth. ⁹They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. ¹¹Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him. ¹²For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. ¹³He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. ¹⁴He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight: ¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶There 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. ¹⁷His 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. ¹⁸Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things: ¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen. ²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.