Psalm 72

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Endow the King with Your Justice

¹Of Solomon.

Endow the king with Your justice, O God,

and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

¹Of Solomon. O God, give Your judgments to the king, and Your justice to the son of the king.

²May he judge Your people with righteousness

and Your afflicted with justice.

²May he judge Your people with righteousness, and Your lowly ones with judgment.

³May the mountains bring peace to the people,

and the hills bring righteousness.

³The mountains will carry peace to the people, and the hills justice.

⁴May he vindicate the afflicted among the people;

may he save the children of the needy

and crush the oppressor.

⁴He will judge for the lowly ones of the people; he will save the sons of the needy, and will crush the one oppressing.

⁵May they fear him^a as long as the sun shines,

as long as the moon remains,

through all generations.

⁵They will fear You with the sun, and before the face of the moon, from generation to generations.

⁶May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass,

like spring showers that water the earth.

⁶He will come down like rain upon freshly cut grass, like showers dropping on the earth.

⁷May the righteous flourish in his days

and prosperity abound

until the moon is no more.

⁷In his days the righteous will sprout forth, and an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea,

and from the Euphrates^a to the ends of the earth.

⁸And he will rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁹May the nomads bow before him,

and his enemies lick the dust.

⁹Before him the desert dwellers will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute;

may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and the isles will return a gift; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring near a gift.

¹¹May all kings bow down to him

and all nations serve him.

¹¹And all kings will bow low before him; all nations will serve him!

¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry out

and the afflicted who have no helper.

¹²For he will deliver the needy one crying out, and the poor one without a helper to him.

¹³He will take pity on the poor and needy

and save the lives of the oppressed.

¹³He will have pity on the poor and needy, and he will save the souls of the needy.

¹⁴He will redeem them from oppression and violence,

for their blood is precious in his sight.

¹⁴From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood will be precious in his eyes.

¹⁵Long may he live!

May gold from Sheba be given him.

May people ever pray for him;

may they bless him all day long.

¹⁵Long may he live, and it shall be given to him from the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually; all the day he shall be blessed.

¹⁶May there be an abundance of grain in the land;

may it sway atop the hills.

May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon,

the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

¹⁶There shall be an abundance of grain in the land; on the top of the mountains it shall wave, its fruit like Lebanon; and the people of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

¹⁷May his name endure forever;

may his name continue^a as long as the sun shines.

In him may all nations be blessed;

may they call him blessed.

¹⁷His name shall be forever; unto the turning of the sun his name shall increase; and all nations shall be blessed in him, they shall call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel,

who alone does marvelous deeds.

¹⁸Blessed be YHWH God, the God of Israel, the One doing marvelous deeds—Him alone!

¹⁹And blessed be His glorious name forever;

may all the earth be filled with His glory.

Amen and amen.

¹⁹And blessed be the name of His glory forever;. And let all the earth be filled with His glory! Amen and Amen.

²⁰Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.

²⁰The prayers of David son of Jesse have come to an end.