Psalms 72
1 Of Solomon. Give the king, O God, your own spirit of justice your spirit of right to the son of the king,
For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son;
2 that with right he may judge your people, and your downtrodden ones with justice.
[that he may] judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
3 May the mountains bear weal for the people, and the hills yield fruits of justice.
Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:
4 The weak may he help to their rights, may he save the sons of the needy and crush the oppressor in pieces.
he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.
5 May he live as long as the sun, while the moon shines – for ages and ages.
And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.
6 May he be like the rain on the meadow, like showers that water the earth.
He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.
7 In his days may justice flourish, and welfare abound, till the moon be no more.
In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.
8 May he reign from ocean to ocean, from the river to the ends of the earth.
And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
9 May his foes bow down before him, his enemies lick the dust.
The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 May tribute be rendered by kings of the isles and of Tarshish; may gifts be brought by the kings of Sheba and Seba.
The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.
11 May all kings fall prostrate before him, and all nations yield him their service.
And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.
12 For he saves the poor when he cries, the helpless and the downtrodden.
For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.
13 He pities the weak and the poor, he saves the lives of the poor.
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.
14 He redeems them from wrong and from violence, for dear is their blood in his sight.
He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious before him.
15 Long may he live; and may gold of Sheba be given him; prayer, too, be made for him ceaselessly, all the day long may men bless him.
And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and [men] shall pray for him continually; [and] all the day shall they praise him.
16 May the land have abundance of corn, to the tops of the hills may it wave. May the fruit thereof flourish like Lebanon, may men spring from the city like grass of the earth.
There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.
17 May his name be blessed forever, may his fame endure as the sun. May all nations envy his blessedness, all tribes of the earth call him happy.
Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
18 Blest be the Lord God, Israel’s God, who alone does wonders;
Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
19 And blest be forever his glorious name. Let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.
20 Here end the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.
