Psalms 72

1 A Psalm according to Solomon.

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

2 Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment.

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

3 Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice.

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

4 He will judge the poor of the people, and he will bring salvation to the sons of the poor. And he will humble the false accuser.

he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

5 And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation.

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

6 He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth.

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

7 In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, until the moon is taken away.

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

8 And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world.

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

9 In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground.

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

10 The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.

The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.

11 And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him.

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

12 For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper.

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

13 He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.

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

14 He will redeem their souls from usuries and from iniquity, and their names shall be honorable in his sight.

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

15 And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. They will bless him all day long.

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.

16 And there will be a firmament on earth, at the summits of mountains: its fruits will be extolled above Lebanon, and those of the city will flourish like the grass of the earth.

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.

17 May his name be blessed forever; may his name remain before the sun. And all the tribes of the earth will be blessed in him. All nations will magnify him.

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.

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

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

19 And blessed is the name of his majesty in eternity. And all the earth will be filled with his majesty. Amen. Amen.

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.

20 The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end.

The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.