Psalms 72

1 A psalm of Solomon. Give the king your righteous decrees, God, your righteousness to the king's son.

to/for Solomon God justice your to/for king to give: give and righteousness your to/for son: child king

2 May he judge your people with righteousness and your poor with justice.

to judge people your in/on/with righteousness and afflicted your in/on/with justice

3 May the mountains produce peace for the people; may the hills produce righteousness.

to lift: bear mountain: mount peace: well-being to/for people and hill in/on/with righteousness

4 May he judge the poor of the people; may he save the children of the needy and break in pieces the oppressor.

to judge afflicted people to save to/for son: child needy and to crush to oppress

5 May they honor you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon lasts throughout all generations.

to fear you with sun and to/for face moon generation generation

6 May he come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

to go down like/as rain upon fleece like/as shower drip land: country/planet

7 May the righteous flourish in his days, and may there be an abundance of peace till the moon is no more.

to sprout in/on/with day his righteous and abundance peace till without moon

8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

and to rule from sea till sea and from River till end land: country/planet

9 May those who live in the wilderness bow down before him; may his enemies lick the dust.

to/for face: before his to bow wild beast and enemy his dust to lick

10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands render tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

king Tarshish and coastland offering: tribute to return: pay king Sheba and Seba gift to present: bring

11 Indeed, may all kings fall down before him; may all nations serve him.

and to bow to/for him all king all nation to serve: minister him

12 For he helps the needy person who cries out and the poor person who has no other helper.

for to rescue needy to cry and afflicted and nothing to help to/for him

13 He has pity on the poor and needy, and he saves the lives of needy people.

to pity upon poor and needy and soul: life needy to save

14 He redeems their lives from oppression and violence, and their blood is precious in his sight.

from oppression and from violence to redeem: redeem soul: life their and be precious blood their in/on/with eye: seeing his

15 May he live! May the gold of Sheba be given to him. May people always pray for him; may God bless him all day long.

and to live and to give: give to/for him from gold Sheba and to pray about/through/for him continually all [the] day to bless him

16 May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the mountaintops may their crops wave. May the fruit of it be like Lebanon; may the people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field.

to be abundance grain in/on/with land: country/planet in/on/with head: top mountain: mount to shake like/as Lebanon fruit his and to blossom from city like/as vegetation [the] land: country/planet

17 May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun; may people be blessed in him; may all nations call him blessed.

to be name his to/for forever: enduring to/for face: before sun (to propagate *Q(K)*) name his and to bless in/on/with him all nation to bless him

18 May Yahweh God, the God of Israel, be blessed, who alone does wonderful things.

to bless LORD God God Israel to make: do to wonder to/for alone him

19 May his glorious name be blessed forever, and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

and to bless name glory his to/for forever: enduring and to fill glory his [obj] all [the] land: country/planet amen and amen

20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are finished.

to end: finish prayer David son: child Jesse