Psalms 72

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

Of Solomon - O God judgments your to [the] king give and righteousness your to [the] son of [the] king.

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

He will judge people your with righteousness and poor [people] your with justice.

3 For the mountains shall bring forth peace to the people, And the hills, through righteousness.

They will carry mountains peace to the people and hills in righteousness.

4 He shall defend the oppressed of the people; He shall save the needy, And break in pieces the oppressor.

He will judge - [the] poor [people] of [the] people he will save [the] children of [the] needy so he may crush [the] oppressor.

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon shall endure, From generation to generation.

People will fear you with [the] sun and before [the] moon generation of generations.

6 He shall be like rain descending on the mown field, —Like showers which water the earth.

He will come down like rain on mown grass like copious showers dropping of [the] earth.

7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, And great shall be their prosperity, as long as the moon shall endure.

He will flourish in days his [the] righteous and abundance of well-being [will be] until not [the] moon.

8 He shall have dominion from sea to sea, And from the river to the ends of the earth.

And may he rule from sea to sea and from [the] river to [the] ends of [the] earth.

9 They that dwell in the desert shall bow before him, And his enemies shall lick the dust.

Before him they will bow down desert-dwellers and enemies his dust they will lick up.

10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts;

[the] kings of Tarshish and [the] islands tribute they will pay [the] kings of Sheba and Seba a gift they will bring near.

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.

And they may bow down to him all kings all nations they will serve him.

12 For he shall deliver the poor who crieth for aid, And the oppressed who hath no helper.

For he will deliver [the] needy [who] cries for help and [the] poor and not a helper [belongs] to him.

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

He will have compassion on [the] poor and [the] needy and [the] lives of needy [people] he will save.

14 He shall redeem them from deceit and violence, And their blood shall be precious in his sight.

From oppression and from violence he will redeem life their and may be precious blood their in view his.

15 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.

And may he live and he may give to him some of [the] gold of Sheba and [may] someone pray for him continually all the day may someone bless him.

16 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.

May it be an abundance of grain - in the land on [the] top of [the] mountains may it wave like Lebanon fruit its and may people blossom from [the] city like [the] vegetation of the earth.

17 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.

May it be name his for ever before [the] sun (may it increase *Q(K)*) name his and may they bless themselves by him all nations may they call blessed him.

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

[be] blessed - Yahweh God [the] God of Israel [who] does wonders to only him.

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

And [be] blessed - [the] name of glory his for ever and may it be filled glory his all the earth amen - and amen.

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

They are finished [the] prayers of David [the] son of Jesse.