Psalms 72

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

A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king's son;

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

That he may judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with justice.

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

Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.

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

May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

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

They shall fear Thee while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

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

May he come down like rain upon 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 let 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.

May he have dominion also 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.

Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; and his enemies 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 tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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

Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves 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 when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no 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 needy, and the souls of the needy he will save.

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

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence, and precious will 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.

That they may live, and that he may give them of the gold of Sheba, that they may pray for him continually, yea, 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.

May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like 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 endure for ever; may his name be continued as long as the sun; may men also bless themselves by him; may all nations call him happy.

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

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only 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.