Psalms 72

1 BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.

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

2 He judges Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with judgment.

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

3 The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

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

4 He judges the poor of the people, Gives deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruises the oppressor.

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 They fear You with the sun, and before the moon, Generation—generations.

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

6 He comes down as rain on mown grass, As showers—sprinkling the earth.

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

7 The righteous flourish in His days, And abundance of peace until the moon is not.

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

8 And He rules from sea to sea, And from the river to the ends of the earth.

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

9 Desert-dwellers bow before Him, And His enemies lick the dust.

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

10 Kings of Tarshish and of the islands send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba bring a reward near.

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

11 And all kings bow themselves to Him, All nations serve Him,

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

12 For He delivers the needy who cries, And the poor when he has no helper,

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

13 He has pity on the poor and needy, And He saves the souls of the needy,

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

14 He redeems their soul from fraud and from violence, And their blood is precious in His eyes.

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

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.

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 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.

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 His Name is for all time, Before the sun is His Name continued, And they bless themselves in Him, All nations pronounce Him blessed.

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 YHWH God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does 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!

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 prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.