Psalms 72

1 Of Solomon. Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

Of Solomon - O God judgments your to [the] king give and righteousness your to [the] son of [the] king.

2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

He will judge people your with righteousness and poor [people] your with justice.

3 May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

They will carry mountains peace to the people and hills in righteousness.

4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

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 his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through all generations.

People will fear you with [the] sun and before [the] moon generation of generations.

6 May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

He will come down like rain on mown grass like copious showers dropping of [the] earth.

7 In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.

He will flourish in days his [the] righteous and abundance of well-being [will be] until not [the] moon.

8 Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River 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 Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

Before him they will bow down desert-dwellers and enemies his dust they will lick up.

10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.

[the] kings of Tarshish and [the] islands tribute they will pay [the] kings of Sheba and Seba a gift they will bring near.

11 Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants.

And they may bow down to him all kings all nations they will serve him.

12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

For he will deliver [the] needy [who] cries for help and [the] poor and not a helper [belongs] to him.

13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

He will have compassion on [the] poor and [the] needy and [the] lives of needy [people] he will save.

14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

From oppression and from violence he will redeem life their and may be precious blood their in view his.

15 May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.

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 wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

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 go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.

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 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders.

[be] blessed - Yahweh God [the] God of Israel [who] does wonders to only him.

19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.

And [be] blessed - [the] name of glory his for ever and may it be filled glory his all the earth amen - and amen.

20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

They are finished [the] prayers of David [the] son of Jesse.