Psalms 72

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

“For Solomon.” To the king, O God! give thy justice, And to the son of a king thy righteousness!

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

Yea! he shall judge thy people with equity, And thine oppressed ones with justice.

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

For the mountains shall bring forth 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.

He shall defend the oppressed of the people; He shall save the needy, And 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 the sun and moon shall endure, From generation to generation.

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

He shall be like rain descending on the mown field, —Like showers which 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 great shall be their prosperity, as long as the moon shall endure.

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

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.

They that dwell 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 bring presents; 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 fall 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 shall deliver the poor who crieth for aid, And the oppressed who hath no helper.

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

He shall spare the weak and needy, And save the lives of the poor.

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

He shall redeem them from deceit and violence, And their blood shall be precious 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.

He shall prosper, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; Prayer also shall be made for him continually, And daily shall he be praised.

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 abundance of corn in the land; Its fruit shall shake like Lebanon, even on the tops of the mountains; And they of the cities shall flourish as 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.

His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun. By him shall men bless themselves; All nations shall call him blessed.

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

[[Praised be God, Jehovah, the God of Israel, Who alone doeth 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!

Praised be his glorious name for ever! May his glory fill the whole earth! Amen, Amen!

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

Here end the Psalms of David, the son of Jesse.]]