Psalms 72
1 Solomon’s. O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;
A psalm on Solomon.
2 May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;
Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king’s son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.
3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;
Let the mountains receive 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 shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.
5 Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
And he shall continue with the sun, and before the moon, throughout all generations.
6 Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.
7 May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.
In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken sway.
8 So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River ["Euphrates"] unto the ends of the earth;
And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;
Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall 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 Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:
11 Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;
And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall serve him.
12 Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;
For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.
13 He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:
He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor.
14 From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.
He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable 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 shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the day.
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 shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall 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!
Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.
18 Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, —Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful 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 be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.
20 Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.
