Psalms 72

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

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

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

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

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

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

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

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

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

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

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

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

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

Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.

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

And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

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

Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, 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.

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

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

And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,

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

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

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

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

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

From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

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 liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him.

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 is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as 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 is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.

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

Blessed is Jehovah God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,

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 honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen!

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

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.