Psalms 72
1 A Psalm according to Solomon.
BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments 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.
He judges Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with judgment.
3 Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice.
The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
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 judges the poor of the people, Gives deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruises the oppressor.
5 And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation.
They fear You with the sun, and before the moon, Generation—generations.
6 He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth.
He comes down as rain on mown grass, As showers—sprinkling the earth.
7 In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, until the moon is taken away.
The righteous flourish in His days, And abundance of peace until the moon is not.
8 And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world.
And He rules 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.
Desert-dwellers bow before Him, And His enemies lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.
Kings of Tarshish and of the islands send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba bring a reward near.
11 And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him.
And all kings bow themselves to Him, All nations serve Him,
12 For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper.
For He delivers the needy who cries, And the poor when he has no helper,
13 He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.
He has pity on the poor and needy, And He saves 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 redeems their soul from fraud and from violence, And their blood is precious in His eyes.
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 lives, and the gold of Sheba [is] given to Him, And prayer is continually made for Him, All day He is continually blessed.
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 is a handful of grain in the earth, On the top of mountains, Its fruit shakes like Lebanon, And they flourish out of the city as the herb 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.
His Name is for all time, Before the sun is His Name continued, And they bless themselves in Him, All nations pronounce Him blessed.
18 Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
Blessed is YHWH God, God of Israel, He alone is doing 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] the Name of His glory for all time, And the whole earth is filled [with] His glory. Amen and amen!
20 The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end.
The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.
