< Psalms 72 >
1 Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
Of Solomon - O God judgments your to [the] king give and righteousness your to [the] son of [the] king.
2 May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
He will judge people your with righteousness and poor [people] your with justice.
3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
They will carry mountains peace to the people and hills in righteousness.
4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
He will judge - [the] poor [people] of [the] people he will save [the] children of [the] needy so he may crush [the] oppressor.
5 May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
People will fear you with [the] sun and before [the] moon generation of generations.
6 May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
He will come down like rain on mown grass like copious showers dropping of [the] earth.
7 May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
He will flourish in days his [the] righteous and abundance of well-being [will be] until not [the] moon.
8 May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
And may he rule from sea to sea and from [the] river to [the] ends of [the] earth.
9 May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
Before him they will bow down desert-dwellers and enemies his dust they will lick up.
10 May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
[the] kings of Tarshish and [the] islands tribute they will pay [the] kings of Sheba and Seba a gift they will bring near.
11 May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
And they may bow down to him all kings all nations they will serve him.
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
For he will deliver [the] needy [who] cries for help and [the] poor and not a helper [belongs] to him.
13 He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
He will have compassion on [the] poor and [the] needy and [the] lives of needy [people] he will save.
14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
From oppression and from violence he will redeem life their and may be precious blood their in view his.
15 Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
And may he live and he may give to him some of [the] gold of Sheba and [may] someone pray for him continually all the day may someone bless him.
16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
May it be an abundance of grain - in the land on [the] top of [the] mountains may it wave like Lebanon fruit its and may people blossom from [the] city like [the] vegetation of the earth.
17 May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
May it be name his for ever before [the] sun (may it increase *Q(K)*) name his and may they bless themselves by him all nations may they call blessed him.
18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
[be] blessed - Yahweh God [the] God of Israel [who] does wonders to only him.
19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
And [be] blessed - [the] name of glory his for ever and may it be filled glory his all the earth amen - and amen.
20 Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
They are finished [the] prayers of David [the] son of Jesse.