Psalms 72

1 BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.

2 He judges Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with judgment.

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

4 He judges the poor of the people, Gives deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruises the oppressor.

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

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

7 The righteous flourish in His days, And abundance of peace until the moon is not.

8 And He rules from sea to sea, And from the river to the ends of the earth.

9 Desert-dwellers bow before Him, And His enemies lick the dust.

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

11 And all kings bow themselves to Him, All nations serve Him,

12 For He delivers the needy who cries, And the poor when he has no helper,

13 He has pity on the poor and needy, And He saves the souls of the needy,

14 He redeems their soul from fraud and from violence, And their blood is precious in His eyes.

15 And He lives, and the gold of Sheba [is] given to Him, And prayer is continually made for Him, All day He is continually blessed.

16 There is a handful of grain in the earth, On the top of mountains, Its fruit shakes like Lebanon, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

17 His Name is for all time, Before the sun is His Name continued, And they bless themselves in Him, All nations pronounce Him blessed.

18 Blessed is YHWH God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,

19 And blessed [is] the Name of His glory for all time, And the whole earth is filled [with] His glory. Amen and amen!

20 The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.