Psalms 72
1 By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.
A Psalm according to Solomon.
2 He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.
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 The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice.
4 He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth 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 They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation — generations.
And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation.
6 He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.
He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth.
7 Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.
In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, until the moon is taken away.
8 And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.
And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world.
9 Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.
In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground.
10 Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.
The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.
11 And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,
And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him.
12 For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,
For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper.
13 He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls 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 fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.
He will redeem their souls from usuries and from iniquity, and their names shall be honorable in his sight.
15 And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him.
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 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.
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 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.
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 is Jehovah God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,
Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
19 And blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. 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 The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.
The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end.
