# Daily Bible Reading | Psalms 72-73 - From: Resonate Church — DISC | Resonate Bible Reading Plan - Sent: January 11, 2026 (2026-01-11T12:01:01.920Z) - Web version: https://resonatechurch.flowforth.co/emails/disc-resonate-bible-reading-plan/2328 - More emails: https://resonatechurch.flowforth.co/emails/disc-resonate-bible-reading-plan --- [![](https://churchusercontent.com/api/image-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fauth.churchspace.co%2Fstorage%2Fv1%2Fobject%2Fpublic%2Forganization-assets%2Fcf7ebbc1-eaca-4046-86f9-54f6cb303b54%2Fresonate_logo_3x1_2025-06-24T00-26-16-978Z.png)](https://resonatemovement.org) [![Introduction to the Psalms](https://churchusercontent.com/api/image-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fauth.churchspace.co%2Fstorage%2Fv1%2Fobject%2Fpublic%2Forganization-assets%2Fcf7ebbc1-eaca-4046-86f9-54f6cb303b54%2FPsalms_2025-10-26T00-07-32-137Z.png)](https://www.esv.org/resources/esv-global-study-bible/introduction-to-the-psalms/) [Introduction to the Psalms](https://www.esv.org/resources/esv-global-study-bible/introduction-to-the-psalms/) # ***PSALMS 72-73*** --- *Give the King Your Justice* Of Solomon. \[1\] Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! \[2\] May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! \[3\] Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness! \[4\] May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor! \[5\] May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations! \[6\] May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth! \[7\] In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more! \[8\] May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth! \[9\] May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust! \[10\] May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts! \[11\] May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him! \[12\] For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper. \[13\] He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. \[14\] From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight. \[15\] Long may he live; may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day! \[16\] May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field! \[17\] May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed! \[18\] Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. \[19\] Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! \[20\] The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. **Book Three** *God Is My Strength and Portion Forever* A Psalm of Asaph. \[1\] Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. \[2\] But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. \[3\] For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. \[4\] For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. \[5\] They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. \[6\] Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. \[7\] Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. \[8\] They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. \[9\] They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. \[10\] Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them. \[11\] And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?” \[12\] Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. \[13\] All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. \[14\] For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. \[15\] If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children. \[16\] But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, \[17\] until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. \[18\] Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. \[19\] How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! \[20\] Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. \[21\] When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, \[22\] I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. \[23\] Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. \[24\] You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. \[25\] Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. \[26\] My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. \[27\] For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. \[28\] But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. (ESV)