{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa072_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa072_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa072_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/psa072.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text biblical scripture display presenting two consecutive Psalms \u2014 Psalm 72 (attributed to Solomon) and Psalm 73 (attributed to Asaph) \u2014 in four versions simultaneously: the King James Version (KJV), the Greek Septuagint (LXX), the Hebrew Tanakh, and the Latin Vulgate. Psalm 72 is a royal prayer-poem petitioning God to endow a king with divine justice, particularly on behalf of the poor and oppressed, and envisions the king's universal reign, prosperity, and eternal fame. Psalm 73 is a wisdom meditation on the crisis of faith provoked by the apparent prosperity of the wicked: the psalmist nearly abandons righteousness upon seeing evildoers thrive unpunished, but recovers through entering God's sanctuary and perceiving the wicked's ultimate destruction, resolving that nearness to God is itself the supreme good. The distinctive value of this presentation is comparative: readers can trace how translators across traditions \u2014 Hebrew, Greek, and Latin \u2014 render the same verses, making it useful for text-critical study, translation analysis, or devotional engagement with multiple manuscript traditions rather than a single canonical text.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 72","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1292}