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Psalms 71
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1(72) For Solomon. O God, give your judgment to the king, and your righteousness to the king's son;
1In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2[that he may] judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment.
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to your people:
3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
4he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.
4Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.
5For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
6He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.
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.
7In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.
7I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
8And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
8Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
9The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.
10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.
11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.
12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.
13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious before him.
14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
15And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and [men] shall pray for him continually; [and] all the day shall they praise him.
15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.
16I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
19And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.
19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.
20Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.