68 1-4 Up with God!
    Down with his enemies!
        Adversaries, run for the hills!
Gone like a puff of smoke,
    like a blob of wax in the fire—
        one look at God and the wicked vanish.
When the righteous see God in action
    they’ll laugh, they’ll sing,
        they’ll laugh and sing for joy.
Sing hymns to God;
    all heaven, sing out;
        clear the way for the coming of Cloud-Rider.
Enjoy God,
    cheer when you see him!

5-6 Father of orphans,
    champion of widows,
        is God in his holy house.
God makes homes for the homeless,
    leads prisoners to freedom,
        but leaves rebels to rot in hell.

7-10 God, when you took the lead with your people,
    when you marched out into the wild,
Earth shook, sky broke out in a sweat;
    God was on the march.
Even Sinai trembled at the sight of God on the move,
    at the sight of Israel’s God.
You pour out rain in buckets, O God;
    thorn and cactus become an oasis
For your people to camp in and enjoy.
    You set them up in business;
    they went from rags to riches.

11-14 The Lord gave the word;
    thousands called out the good news:
“Kings of the armies
    are on the run, on the run!”
While housewives, safe and sound back home,
    divide up the plunder,
    the plunder of Canaanite silver and gold.
On that day that Shaddai scattered the kings,
    snow fell on Black Mountain.

15-16 You huge mountains, Bashan mountains,
    mighty mountains, dragon mountains.
All you mountains not chosen,
    sulk now, and feel sorry for yourselves,
For this is the mountain God has chosen to live on;
    he’ll rule from this mountain forever.

17-18 The chariots of God, twice ten thousand,
    and thousands more besides,
The Lord in the lead, riding down Sinai—
    straight to the Holy Place!
You climbed to the High Place, captives in tow,
    your arms full of plunder from rebels,
And now you sit there in state,
    God, sovereign God!

19-23 Blessed be the Lord—
    day after day he carries us along.
He’s our Savior, our God, oh yes!
    He’s God-for-us, he’s God-who-saves-us.
Lord God knows all
    death’s ins and outs.
What’s more, he made heads roll,
    split the skulls of the enemy
As he marched out of heaven,
    saying, “I tied up the Dragon in knots,
    put a muzzle on the Deep Blue Sea.”
You can wade through your enemies’ blood,
    and your dogs taste of your enemies from your boots.

24-31 See God on parade
    to the sanctuary, my God,
    my King on the march!
Singers out front, the band behind,
    maidens in the middle with castanets.
The whole choir blesses God.
    Like a fountain of praise, Israel blesses God.
Look—little Benjamin’s out
    front and leading
Princes of Judah in their royal robes,
    princes of Zebulun, princes of Naphtali.
Parade your power, O God,
    the power, O God, that made us what we are.
Your temple, High God, is Jerusalem;
    kings bring gifts to you.
Rebuke that old crocodile, Egypt,
    with her herd of wild bulls and calves,
Rapacious in her lust for silver,
    crushing peoples, spoiling for a fight.
Let Egyptian traders bring blue cloth
    and Cush come running to God, her hands outstretched.

32-34 Sing, O kings of the earth!
    Sing praises to the Lord!
There he is: Sky-Rider,
    striding the ancient skies.
Listen—he’s calling in thunder,
    rumbling, rolling thunder.
Call out “Bravo!” to God,
    the High God of Israel.
His splendor and strength
    rise huge as thunderheads.

35 A terrible beauty, O God,
    streams from your sanctuary.
It’s Israel’s strong God! He gives
    power and might to his people!
O you, his people—bless God!
69 God, God, save me!
I’m in over my head,

Quicksand under me, swamp water over me;
I’m going down for the third time.

I’m hoarse from calling for help,
Bleary-eyed from searching the sky for God.

I’ve got more enemies than hairs on my head;
Liars and cheats are out to knife me in the back.

What I never stole
Must I now give back?

God, you know every sin I’ve committed;
My life’s a wide-open book before you.

Don’t let those who look to you in hope
Be discouraged by what happens to me,
Dear Lord! God of the armies!

Don’t let those out looking for you
Come to a dead end by following me—
Please, dear God of Israel!

Because of you I look like an idiot,
I walk around ashamed to show my face.

My brothers shun me like a bum off the street;
My family treats me like an unwanted guest.

I love you more than I can say.
Because I’m madly in love with you,
They blame me for everything they dislike about you.

10 When I poured myself out in prayer and fasting,
All it got me was more contempt.

11 When I put on a sad face,
They treated me like a clown.

12 Now drunks and gluttons
Make up drinking songs about me.

13 And me? I pray.
God, it’s time for a break!

God, answer in love!
Answer with your sure salvation!

14 Rescue me from the swamp,
Don’t let me go under for good,

Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy;
This whirlpool is sucking me down.

15 Don’t let the swamp be my grave, the Black Hole
Swallow me, its jaws clenched around me.

16 Now answer me, God, because you love me;
Let me see your great mercy full-face.

17 Don’t look the other way; your servant can’t take it.
I’m in trouble. Answer right now!

18 Come close, God; get me out of here.
Rescue me from this deathtrap.

19 You know how they kick me around—
Pin on me the donkey’s ears, the dunce’s cap.

20 I’m broken by their taunts,
Flat on my face, reduced to a nothing.

I looked in vain for one friendly face. Not one.
I couldn’t find one shoulder to cry on.

21 They put poison in my soup,
Vinegar in my drink.

22 Let their supper be bait in a trap that snaps shut;
May their best friends be trappers who’ll skin them alive.

23 Make them become blind as bats,
Give them the shakes from morning to night.

24 Let them know what you think of them,
Blast them with your red-hot anger.

25 Burn down their houses,
Leave them desolate with nobody at home.

26 They gossiped about the one you disciplined,
Made up stories about anyone wounded by God.

27 Pile on the guilt,
Don’t let them off the hook.

28 Strike their names from the list of the living;
No rock-carved honor for them among the righteous.

29 I’m hurt and in pain;
Give me space for healing, and mountain air.

30 Let me shout God’s name with a praising song,
Let me tell his greatness in a prayer of thanks.

31 For God, this is better than oxen on the altar,
Far better than blue-ribbon bulls.

32 The poor in spirit see and are glad—
Oh, you God-seekers, take heart!

33 For God listens to the poor,
He doesn’t walk out on the wretched.

34 You heavens, praise him; praise him, earth;
Also ocean and all things that swim in it.

35 For God is out to help Zion,
Rebuilding the wrecked towns of Judah.

Guess who will live there—
The proud owners of the land?

36 No, the children of his servants will get it,
The lovers of his name will live in it.
70 1-3 God! Please hurry to my rescue!
    God, come quickly to my side!
Those who are out to get me—
    let them fall all over themselves.
Those who relish my downfall—
    send them down a blind alley.
Give them a taste of their own medicine,
    those gossips off clucking their tongues.

Let those on the hunt for you
    sing and celebrate.
Let all who love your saving way
    say over and over, “God is mighty!”

But I’ve lost it. I’m wasted.
    God—quickly, quickly!
Quick to my side, quick to my rescue!
    God, don’t lose a minute.
71 1-3 I run for dear life to God,
    I’ll never live to regret it.
Do what you do so well:
    get me out of this mess and up on my feet.
Put your ear to the ground and listen,
    give me space for salvation.
Be a guest room where I can retreat;
    you said your door was always open!
You’re my salvation—my vast, granite fortress.

4-7 My God, free me from the grip of Wicked,
    from the clutch of Bad and Bully.
You keep me going when times are tough—
    my bedrock, God, since my childhood.
I’ve hung on you from the day of my birth,
    the day you took me from the cradle;
    I’ll never run out of praise.
Many gasp in alarm when they see me,
    but you take me in stride.

8-11 Just as each day brims with your beauty,
    my mouth brims with praise.
But don’t turn me out to pasture when I’m old
    or put me on the shelf when I can’t pull my weight.
My enemies are talking behind my back,
    watching for their chance to knife me.
The gossip is: “God has abandoned him.
    Pounce on him now; no one will help him.”

12-16 God, don’t just watch from the sidelines.
    Come on! Run to my side!
My accusers—make them lose face.
    Those out to get me—make them look
Like idiots, while I stretch out, reaching for you,
    and daily add praise to praise.
I’ll write the book on your righteousness,
    talk up your salvation all the day long,
    never run out of good things to write or say.
I come in the power of the Lord God,
    I post signs marking his right-of-way.

17-24 You got me when I was an unformed youth,
    God, and taught me everything I know.
Now I’m telling the world your wonders;
    I’ll keep at it until I’m old and gray.
God, don’t walk off and leave me
    until I get out the news
Of your strong right arm to this world,
    news of your power to the world yet to come,
Your famous and righteous
    ways, O God.
God, you’ve done it all!
    Who is quite like you?
You, who made me stare trouble in the face,
    Turn me around;
Now let me look life in the face.
    I’ve been to the bottom;
Bring me up, streaming with honors;
    turn to me, be tender to me,
And I’ll take up the lute and thank you
    to the tune of your faithfulness, God.
I’ll make music for you on a harp,
    Holy One of Israel.
When I open up in song to you,
    I let out lungsful of praise,
    my rescued life a song.
All day long I’m chanting
    about you and your righteous ways,
While those who tried to do me in
    slink off looking ashamed.
72 1-8 Give the gift of wise rule to the king, O God,
    the gift of just rule to the crown prince.
May he judge your people rightly,
    be honorable to your meek and lowly.
Let the mountains give exuberant witness;
    shape the hills with the contours of right living.
Please stand up for the poor,
    help the children of the needy,
    come down hard on the cruel tyrants.
Outlast the sun, outlive the moon—
    age after age after age.
Be rainfall on cut grass,
    earth-refreshing rain showers.
Let righteousness burst into blossom
    and peace abound until the moon fades to nothing.
Rule from sea to sea,
    from the River to the Rim.

9-14 Foes will fall on their knees before God,
    his enemies lick the dust.
Kings remote and legendary will pay homage,
    kings rich and resplendent will turn over their wealth.
All kings will fall down and worship,
    and godless nations sign up to serve him,
Because he rescues the poor at the first sign of need,
    the destitute who have run out of luck.
He opens a place in his heart for the down-and-out,
    he restores the wretched of the earth.
He frees them from tyranny and torture—
    when they bleed, he bleeds;
    when they die, he dies.

15-17 And live! Oh, let him live!
    Deck him out in Sheba gold.
Offer prayers unceasing to him,
    bless him from morning to night.
Fields of golden grain in the land,
    cresting the mountains in wild exuberance,
Cornucopias of praise, praises
    springing from the city like grass from the earth.
May he never be forgotten,
    his fame shine on like sunshine.
May all godless people enter his circle of blessing
    and bless the One who blessed them.

18-20 Blessed God, Israel’s God,
    the one and only wonder-working God!
Blessed always his blazing glory!
    All earth brims with his glory.
Yes and Yes and Yes.

Psalm 68[a]

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

May God arise,(A) may his enemies be scattered;(B)
    may his foes flee(C) before him.
May you blow them away like smoke—(D)
    as wax melts(E) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish(F) before God.
But may the righteous be glad
    and rejoice(G) before God;
    may they be happy and joyful.

Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,(H)
    extol him who rides on the clouds[b](I);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.(J)
A father to the fatherless,(K) a defender of widows,(L)
    is God in his holy dwelling.(M)
God sets the lonely(N) in families,[c](O)
    he leads out the prisoners(P) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.(Q)

When you, God, went out(R) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,[d](S)
the earth shook,(T) the heavens poured down rain,(U)
    before God, the One of Sinai,(V)
    before God, the God of Israel.(W)
You gave abundant showers,(X) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,(Y) God, you provided(Z) for the poor.

11 The Lord announces the word,
    and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:(AA)
12 “Kings and armies flee(AB) in haste;
    the women at home divide the plunder.(AC)
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,[e](AD)
    the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
    its feathers with shining gold.”
14 When the Almighty[f] scattered(AE) the kings in the land,
    it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.(AF)

15 Mount Bashan,(AG) majestic mountain,(AH)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses(AI) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?(AJ)
17 The chariots(AK) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;(AL)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[g]
18 When you ascended(AM) on high,(AN)
    you took many captives;(AO)
    you received gifts from people,(AP)
even from[h] the rebellious(AQ)
    that you,[i] Lord God, might dwell there.

19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,(AR)
    who daily bears our burdens.(AS)
20 Our God is a God who saves;(AT)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.(AU)
21 Surely God will crush the heads(AV) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22 The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,(AW)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,(AX)
    while the tongues of your dogs(AY) have their share.”

24 Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.(AZ)
25 In front are the singers,(BA) after them the musicians;(BB)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.(BC)
26 Praise God in the great congregation;(BD)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.(BE)
27 There is the little tribe(BF) of Benjamin,(BG) leading them,
    there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
    and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.(BH)

28 Summon your power,(BI) God[j];
    show us your strength,(BJ) our God, as you have done(BK) before.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings will bring you gifts.(BL)
30 Rebuke the beast(BM) among the reeds,(BN)
    the herd of bulls(BO) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
    Scatter the nations(BP) who delight in war.(BQ)
31 Envoys will come from Egypt;(BR)
    Cush[k](BS) will submit herself to God.

32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,(BT)
    sing praise(BU) to the Lord,
33 to him who rides(BV) across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
    who thunders(BW) with mighty voice.(BX)
34 Proclaim the power(BY) of God,
    whose majesty(BZ) is over Israel,
    whose power is in the heavens.
35 You, God, are awesome(CA) in your sanctuary;(CB)
    the God of Israel gives power and strength(CC) to his people.(CD)

Praise be to God!(CE)

Psalm 69[l]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Save me, O God,
    for the waters(CF) have come up to my neck.(CG)
I sink in the miry depths,(CH)
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.
I am worn out calling for help;(CI)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(CJ)
    looking for my God.
Those who hate me(CK) without reason(CL)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(CM)
    those who seek to destroy me.(CN)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

You, God, know my folly;(CO)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.(CP)

Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
For I endure scorn(CQ) for your sake,(CR)
    and shame covers my face.(CS)
I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(CT)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(CU)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(CV)
10 When I weep and fast,(CW)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(CX)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(CY) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(CZ)

13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(DA)
in your great love,(DB) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(DC)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(DD) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up(DE)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.(DF)

16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(DG)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face(DH) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,(DI) for I am in trouble.(DJ)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver(DK) me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned,(DL) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(DM) but I found none.(DN)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(DO) for my thirst.(DP)

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[m] a trap.(DQ)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(DR)
24 Pour out your wrath(DS) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(DT)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(DU)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(DV)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(DW)
    do not let them share in your salvation.(DX)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(DY)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(DZ)

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.(EA)

30 I will praise God’s name in song(EB)
    and glorify him(EC) with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(ED)
32 The poor will see and be glad(EE)
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!(EF)
33 The Lord hears the needy(EG)
    and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,(EH)
35 for God will save Zion(EI)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.(EJ)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
36     the children of his servants will inherit it,(EK)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.(EL)

Psalm 70[n](EM)

For the director of music. Of David. A petition.

Hasten, O God, to save me;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.(EN)

May those who want to take my life(EO)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.(EP)
May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(EQ)
    turn back because of their shame.
But may all who seek you(ER)
    rejoice and be glad(ES) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”(ET)

But as for me, I am poor and needy;(EU)
    come quickly to me,(EV) O God.
You are my help(EW) and my deliverer;(EX)
    Lord, do not delay.(EY)

Psalm 71(EZ)

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;(FA)
    let me never be put to shame.(FB)
In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
    turn your ear(FC) to me and save me.
Be my rock of refuge,
    to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.(FD)
Deliver(FE) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,(FF)
    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.(FG)

For you have been my hope,(FH) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence(FI) since my youth.
From birth(FJ) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.(FK)
    I will ever praise(FL) you.
I have become a sign(FM) to many;
    you are my strong refuge.(FN)
My mouth(FO) is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor(FP) all day long.

Do not cast(FQ) me away when I am old;(FR)
    do not forsake(FS) me when my strength is gone.
10 For my enemies(FT) speak against me;
    those who wait to kill(FU) me conspire(FV) together.
11 They say, “God has forsaken(FW) him;
    pursue him and seize him,
    for no one will rescue(FX) him.”
12 Do not be far(FY) from me, my God;
    come quickly, God, to help(FZ) me.
13 May my accusers(GA) perish in shame;(GB)
    may those who want to harm me
    be covered with scorn and disgrace.(GC)

14 As for me, I will always have hope;(GD)
    I will praise you more and more.

15 My mouth will tell(GE) of your righteous deeds,(GF)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts,(GG) Sovereign Lord;
    I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(GH) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(GI)
18 Even when I am old and gray,(GJ)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(GK) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.(GL)

19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,(GM)
    you who have done great things.(GN)
    Who is like you, God?(GO)
20 Though you have made me see troubles,(GP)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore(GQ) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(GR)
    you will again bring me up.
21 You will increase my honor(GS)
    and comfort(GT) me once more.

22 I will praise you with the harp(GU)
    for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,(GV)
    Holy One of Israel.(GW)
23 My lips will shout for joy(GX)
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.(GY)
24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
    all day long,(GZ)
for those who wanted to harm me(HA)
    have been put to shame and confusion.(HB)

Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

Endow the king with your justice,(HC) O God,
    the royal son with your righteousness.
May he judge your people in righteousness,(HD)
    your afflicted ones with justice.

May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.
May he defend the afflicted(HE) among the people
    and save the children of the needy;(HF)
    may he crush the oppressor.(HG)
May he endure[o](HH) as long as the sun,
    as long as the moon, through all generations.(HI)
May he be like rain(HJ) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.
In his days may the righteous flourish(HK)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River[p](HL) to the ends of the earth.(HM)
May the desert tribes bow before him
    and his enemies lick the dust.
10 May the kings of Tarshish(HN) and of distant shores(HO)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba(HP) and Seba
    present him gifts.(HQ)
11 May all kings bow down(HR) to him
    and all nations serve(HS) him.

12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
    the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity(HT) on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue(HU) them from oppression and violence,
    for precious(HV) is their blood in his sight.

15 Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba(HW) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.(HX)
16 May grain(HY) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(HZ) flourish like Lebanon(IA)
    and thrive[q] like the grass of the field.(IB)
17 May his name endure forever;(IC)
    may it continue as long as the sun.(ID)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,[r]
    and they will call him blessed.(IE)

18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,(IF)
    who alone does marvelous deeds.(IG)
19 Praise be to his glorious name(IH) forever;
    may the whole earth be filled with his glory.(II)
Amen and Amen.(IJ)

20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.(IK)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:1 In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.
  2. Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts
  3. Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
  4. Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.
  5. Psalm 68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
  6. Psalm 68:14 Hebrew Shaddai
  7. Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness
  8. Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for people, / even
  9. Psalm 68:18 Or they
  10. Psalm 68:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned power for you
  11. Psalm 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region
  12. Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
  13. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become
  14. Psalm 70:1 In Hebrew texts 70:1-5 is numbered 70:2-6.
  15. Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared
  16. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
  17. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
  18. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)