Psalms 72
1 BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
Of Solomon. Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
2 He judges Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with judgment.
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.
3 The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.
4 He judges the poor of the people, Gives deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruises the oppressor.
May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
5 They fear You with the sun, and before the moon, Generation—generations.
May his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through all generations.
6 He comes down as rain on mown grass, As showers—sprinkling the earth.
May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
7 The righteous flourish in His days, And abundance of peace until the moon is not.
In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.
8 And He rules from sea to sea, And from the river to the ends of the earth.
Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
9 Desert-dwellers bow before Him, And His enemies lick the dust.
Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.
10 Kings of Tarshish and of the islands send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba bring a reward near.
Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.
11 And all kings bow themselves to Him, All nations serve Him,
Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants.
12 For He delivers the needy who cries, And the poor when he has no helper,
For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.
13 He has pity on the poor and needy, And He saves the souls of the needy,
He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.
14 He redeems their soul from fraud and from violence, And their blood is precious in His eyes.
He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
15 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.
May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.
16 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.
May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.
17 His Name is for all time, Before the sun is His Name continued, And they bless themselves in Him, All nations pronounce Him blessed.
May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.
18 Blessed is YHWH God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,
Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders.
19 And blessed [is] the Name of His glory for all time, And the whole earth is filled [with] His glory. Amen and amen!
Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.
20 The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.
The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.
