Psalms 72

1 Solomon’s. O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;

A Psalm according to Solomon.

2 May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;

Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment.

3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;

Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice.

4 May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.

He will judge the poor of the people, and he will bring salvation to the sons of the poor. And he will humble the false accuser.

5 Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.

And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation.

6 Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.

He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth.

7 May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.

In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, until the moon is taken away.

8 So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River ["Euphrates"] unto the ends of the earth;

And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world.

9 Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground.

10 The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;

The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.

11 Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;

And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him.

12 Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;

For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper.

13 He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:

He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.

14 From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.

He will redeem their souls from usuries and from iniquity, and their names shall be honorable in his sight.

15 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.

And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. They will bless him all day long.

16 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.

And there will be a firmament on earth, at the summits of mountains: its fruits will be extolled above Lebanon, and those of the city will flourish like the grass of the earth.

17 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!

May his name be blessed forever; may his name remain before the sun. And all the tribes of the earth will be blessed in him. All nations will magnify him.

18 Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, —Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;

Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.

19 And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times age-abiding, —And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!

And blessed is the name of his majesty in eternity. And all the earth will be filled with his majesty. Amen. Amen.

20 Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.

The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end.