Psalms 72

1 For Solomon. O God, give your judgement to the king, and your righteousness to the king's son;

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

2 [that he may] judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgement.

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

3 Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to your people:

The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

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.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

5 And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.

They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation — generations.

6 He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.

He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.

7 In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.

Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.

8 And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

9 The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And 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.

Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

11 And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.

And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,

12 For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

14 He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious before him.

From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

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.

And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth 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.

There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb 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.

His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.

18 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.

Blessed is Jehovah God, God of Israel, He alone is doing 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 blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen!

20 The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.