Psalms 72

1 Of Solomon. Give the king, O God, your own spirit of justice your spirit of right to the son of the king,

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

2 that with right he may judge your people, and your downtrodden ones with justice.

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

3 May the mountains bear weal for the people, and the hills yield fruits of justice.

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

4 The weak may he help to their rights, may he save the sons of the needy and crush the oppressor in pieces.

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

5 May he live as long as the sun, while the moon shines – for ages and ages.

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

6 May he be like the rain on the meadow, like showers that water the earth.

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

7 In his days may justice flourish, and welfare abound, till the moon be no more.

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

8 May he reign from ocean to ocean, from the river to the ends of the earth.

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

9 May his foes bow down before him, his enemies lick the dust.

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

10 May tribute be rendered by kings of the isles and of Tarshish; may gifts be brought by the kings of Sheba and Seba.

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

11 May all kings fall prostrate before him, and all nations yield him their service.

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

12 For he saves the poor when he cries, the helpless and the downtrodden.

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

13 He pities the weak and the poor, he saves the lives of the poor.

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

14 He redeems them from wrong and from violence, for dear is their blood in his sight.

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

15 Long may he live; and may gold of Sheba be given him; prayer, too, be made for him ceaselessly, all the day long may men bless him.

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 May the land have abundance of corn, to the tops of the hills may it wave. May the fruit thereof flourish like Lebanon, may men spring from the city like grass of the earth.

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 May his name be blessed forever, may his fame endure as the sun. May all nations envy his blessedness, all tribes of the earth call him happy.

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 Blest be the Lord God, Israel’s God, who alone does wonders;

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

19 And blest be forever his glorious name. Let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

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

20 Here end the prayers of David, son of Jesse.

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.