Psalms 72

1 [A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

Solomon’s. O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;

2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;

3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;

4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.

6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.

7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.

8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River ["Euphrates"] unto the ends of the earth;

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;

12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.

Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;

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

He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:

14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.

Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba, —Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed.

16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, —Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.

17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

May his Name be age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish, —And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!

18 Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, —Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;

19 And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.

And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times age-abiding, —And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!

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

Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.