< Psalms 72 >

1 By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
`To Salomon.
2 He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
God, yyue thi doom to the king; and thi riytfulnesse to the sone of a king. To deme thi puple in riytfulnesse; and thi pore men in doom.
3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
Mounteyns resseyue pees to the puple; and litle hillis resseyue riytfulnesse.
4 He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
He schal deme the pore men of the puple, and he schal make saaf the sones of pore men; and he schal make low the false chalengere.
5 They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
And he schal dwelle with the sunne, and bifore the moone; in generacioun and in to generacioun.
6 He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
He schal come doun as reyn in to a flees; and as goteris droppinge on the erthe.
7 In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
Riytfulnesse schal come forth in hise dayes, and the aboundaunce of pees; til the moone be takun awei.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
And he schal be lord fro the-see `til to the see; and fro the flood til to the endis of the world.
9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
Ethiopiens schulen falle doun bifore hym; and hise enemyes schulen licke the erthe.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
The kyngis of Tarsis and ilis schulen offre yiftis; the kyngis of Arabie and of Saba schulen brynge yiftis.
11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
And alle kyngis schulen worschipe hym; alle folkis schulen serue hym.
12 For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
For he schal delyuer a pore man fro the miyti; and a pore man to whom was noon helpere.
13 He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
He schal spare a pore man and nedi; and he schal make saaf the soulis of pore men.
14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
He schal ayen bie the soulis of hem fro vsuris, and wickidnesse; and the name of hem is onourable bifor hym.
15 He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.
And he schal lyue, and me schal yyue to hym of the gold of Arabie; and thei schulen euere worschipe of hym, al dai thei schulen blesse hym.
16 Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
Stidefastnesse schal be in the erthe, in the hiyeste places of mounteyns; the fruyt therof schal be enhaunsid aboue the Liban; and thei schulen blosme fro the citee, as the hey of erthe doith.
17 His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
His name be blessid in to worldis; his name dwelle bifore the sunne. And all the lynagis of erthe schulen be blessid in hym; alle folkis schulen magnyfie hym.
18 Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvellous deeds.
Blessid be the Lord God of Israel; which aloone makith merueiylis.
19 Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
Blessid be the name of his maieste with outen ende; and al erthe schal be fillid with his maieste; be it doon, be it doon.
20 This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
`The preieris of Dauid, the sone of Ysay, ben endid.

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