Jun 8 - Psalms 71-74
Psalms
1A Psalm of David. Of the sons of Jonadab and the former captives. In you, O Lord, I have hoped; do not let me be brought to ruin forever2Free me by your justice, and rescue me. Incline your ear to me, and save me3Be a God of protection and a place of strength for me, so that you may accomplish my salvation. For you are my firmament and my refuge4Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, and from the hand of the unjust and those who act against the law5For you, O Lord, are my patience: my hope from my youth, O Lord6In you, I have been confirmed from conception. From my mother’s womb, you are my protector. In you, I will sing forever7I have become to many as if I were a portent, but you are a strong helper8Let my mouth be filled with praise, so that I may sing your glory, your greatness all day long9Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Do not abandon me when my strength will fail10For my enemies have spoken against me. And those who watched for my soul have taken counsel as one11saying: "God has abandoned him. Pursue and overtake him. For there is no one to rescue him.12O God, do not be far from me. O my God, provide for my assistance13May they be confounded, and may they fail, who drag down my soul. Let them be covered with confusion and shame, who seek evils for me14But I will always have hope. And I will add more to all your praise15My mouth will announce your justice, your salvation all day long. For I have not known letters16I will enter into the powers of the Lord. I will be mindful of your justice alone, O Lord17You have taught me from my youth, O God. And so I will declare your wonders continuously18even in old age and with grey hairs. Do not abandon me, O God, while I announce your arm to every future generation: your powe19and your justice, O God, even to the highest great things that you have done. O God, who is like you20How great is the tribulation that you have revealed to me: very great and evil. And so, turning back, you have brought me to life, and you have led me back again from the abyss of the earth21You have multiplied your magnificence. And so, turning back to me, you have consoled me22Therefore, I will confess your truth to you, with the instruments of the Psalter. O God, I will sing psalms to you with stringed instruments, O Holy One of Israel23My lips will exult, when I sing to you, and also my soul, which you have redeemed24And even my tongue will meditate on your justice all day long, when those who seek evils for me have been confounded and set in awe
1A Psalm according to Solomon2Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment3Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice4He will judge the poor of the people, and he will bring salvation to the sons of the poor. And he will humble the false accuser5And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation6He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth7In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, until the moon is taken away8And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world9In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground10The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts11And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him12For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper13He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor14He will redeem their souls from usuries and from iniquity, and their names shall be honorable in his sight15And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. They will bless him all day long16And there will be a firmament on earth, at the summits of mountains: its fruits will be extolled above Lebanon, and those of the city will flourish like the grass of the earth17May his name be blessed forever; may his name remain before the sun. And all the tribes of the earth will be blessed in him. All nations will magnify him18Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things19And blessed is the name of his majesty in eternity. And all the earth will be filled with his majesty. Amen. Amen20The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end
1A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart2But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped3For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners4For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds5They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men6Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety7Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart8They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places9They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth10Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them11And they said, "How would God know?" and, "Isn’t there knowledge in high places?12Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches13And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent14And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings15If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons16I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me17until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part18So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down19How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity20As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city21For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed22And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it23I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you24You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up25For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you26My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity27For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you28But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion
1The understanding of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us to the end. Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture2Be mindful of your congregation, which you have possessed from the beginning. You redeemed the scepter of your inheritance, mount Zion, in which you have dwelt3Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary4And those who hate you have been glorified, in the midst of your solemnity. They have set up their own signs as a proof5as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood6they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down7They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth8They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: "Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land9We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. And he will no longer know us.10How long, O God, will the enemy place blame? Is the adversary to provoke your name until the end11Why do you turn your hand away, even your right hand, from the midst of your sinews, until the end12But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth13In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters14You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians15You have disrupted the fountains and the torrents. You have dried up the rivers of Ethan16Yours is the day, and yours is the night. You have made the morning light and the sun17You have made all the limits of the earth. The summer and the spring were formed by you18Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, and a foolish people has incited against your name19Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end20Consider your covenant. For those who have been darkened upon the earth have been filled by the iniquity of the houses21Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name22Rise up, O God, judge your own case. Call to mind the accusations against you, which are made by the foolish all day long23Do not forget the voices of your adversaries. The arrogance of those who hate you rises up continually