Psalms 72

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

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

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

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

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

The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

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

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

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

They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation — generations.

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

He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.

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

Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.

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

And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

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

Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

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;

Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

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

And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,

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

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

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

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

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

From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

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 liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him.

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.

There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb 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!

His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.

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

Blessed is Jehovah God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,

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 honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen!

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

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.