Psalms 72

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

A Psalm according to Solomon.

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

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.

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

Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice.

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

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.

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

And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation.

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

He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth.

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

In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, until the moon is taken away.

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

And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world.

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

In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground.

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

The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.

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

And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him.

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

For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper.

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

He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.

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

He will redeem their souls from usuries and from iniquity, and their names shall be honorable in his sight.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.

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 the name of his majesty in eternity. And all the earth will be filled with his majesty. Amen. Amen.

20 The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end.