Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 72

This is a parallel-text biblical scripture display presenting two consecutive Psalms — Psalm 72 (attributed to Solomon) and Psalm 73 (attributed to Asaph) — 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 — Hebrew, Greek, and Latin — 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.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 72

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