Psalms 72

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon 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 righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.

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

8 And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to 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 The Ethiopians shall fall down 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 Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba 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 And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.

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

12 For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had 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 deliver 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 souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious before him.

From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious 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.

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

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

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

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

Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.