Psalms 72
1 [By Solomon.] God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
Solomon’s. O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;
2 He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;
3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;
4 He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.
5 They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
6 He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
7 In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the farthest parts of the earth.
So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River ["Euphrates"] unto the ends of the earth;
9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;
11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;
12 For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;
13 He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:
14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and the gold of Sheba shall be given to him. Men shall pray for him continually. He shall bless him all day long.
Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba, —Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed.
16 There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, —Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.
17 His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
May his Name be age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish, —And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!
18 Praise be to Jehovah, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, —Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;
19 Blessed be his glorious name forever. Let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen.
And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times age-abiding, —And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!
20 This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
