Psalms 72

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

A psalm on Solomon.

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

Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king’s son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.

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

Let the mountains receive 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 shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

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

And he shall continue with the sun, and before the moon, throughout all generations.

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

He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

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

In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken sway.

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

And he shall rule 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.

Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall 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 Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:

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

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

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

For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that 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 he shall save the souls of the poor.

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

He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable 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 Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the 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.

And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall 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.

Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.

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

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful 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 the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.

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

The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.