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 the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

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

He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.

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

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

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

He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

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

They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

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

He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

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

In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more.

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 unto the ends of the earth.

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

The dwellers in the desert shall bow 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 Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:

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

Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.

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

For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;

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

He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:

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

He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be 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 shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually: all the day shall he be blessed.

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 abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb 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.

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

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

Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth 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 be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen.

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

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.