Psalm 71:22   (Read all of Psalm 71)

I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 71:23   (Read all of Psalm 71)

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you- I whom you have delivered.

Psalm 71:24   (Read all of Psalm 71)

My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.

Psalm 72:1   (Read all of Psalm 72)

Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.

Psalm 72:2   (Read all of Psalm 72)

May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

Psalm 73:15   (Read all of Psalm 73)

If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.

Psalm 73:18   (Read all of Psalm 73)

Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

Psalm 73:20   (Read all of Psalm 73)

They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

Psalm 73:22   (Read all of Psalm 73)

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

Psalm 73:23   (Read all of Psalm 73)

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

Psalm 73:24   (Read all of Psalm 73)

You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

Psalm 73:25   (Read all of Psalm 73)

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

Psalm 73:27   (Read all of Psalm 73)

Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

Psalm 73:28   (Read all of Psalm 73)

But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

Psalm 74:1   (Read all of Psalm 74)

O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 74:2   (Read all of Psalm 74)

Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed- Mount Zion, where you dwelt.

Psalm 74:3   (Read all of Psalm 74)

Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Psalm 74:4   (Read all of Psalm 74)

Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.

Psalm 74:7   (Read all of Psalm 74)

They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.

Psalm 74:10   (Read all of Psalm 74)

How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?

Psalm 74:11   (Read all of Psalm 74)

Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

Psalm 74:13   (Read all of Psalm 74)

It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.

Psalm 74:14   (Read all of Psalm 74)

It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.

Psalm 74:15   (Read all of Psalm 74)

It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.