Psalms 72
1 For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son;
Of Solomon. Give the king, O God, your own spirit of justice your spirit of right to the son of the king,
2 [that he may] judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
that with right he may judge your people, and your downtrodden ones with justice.
3 Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:
May the mountains bear weal for the people, and the hills yield fruits of justice.
4 he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.
The weak may he help to their rights, may he save the sons of the needy and crush the oppressor in pieces.
5 And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.
May he live as long as the sun, while the moon shines – for ages and ages.
6 He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.
May he be like the rain on the meadow, like showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.
In his days may justice flourish, and welfare abound, till the moon be no more.
8 And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
May he reign from ocean to ocean, from the river to the ends of the earth.
9 The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
May his foes bow down before him, his enemies lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.
May tribute be rendered by kings of the isles and of Tarshish; may gifts be brought by the kings of Sheba and Seba.
11 And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.
May all kings fall prostrate before him, and all nations yield him their service.
12 For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.
For he saves the poor when he cries, the helpless and the downtrodden.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.
He pities the weak and the poor, he saves the lives of the poor.
14 He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious before him.
He redeems them from wrong and from violence, for dear is their blood in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and [men] shall pray for him continually; [and] all the day shall they praise him.
Long may he live; and may gold of Sheba be given him; prayer, too, be made for him ceaselessly, all the day long may men bless him.
16 There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.
May the land have abundance of corn, to the tops of the hills may it wave. May the fruit thereof flourish like Lebanon, may men spring from the city like grass of the earth.
17 Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
May his name be blessed forever, may his fame endure as the sun. May all nations envy his blessedness, all tribes of the earth call him happy.
18 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
Blest be the Lord God, Israel’s God, who alone does wonders;
19 And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.
And blest be forever his glorious name. Let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
20 The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.
Here end the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
