Psalms 72

1 A psalm on Solomon.

For Solomon. O God, give your judgement to the king, and your righteousness to the king's son;

2 Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king’s son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.

[that he may] judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgement.

3 Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.

Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to your people:

4 He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

5 And he shall continue with the sun, and before the moon, throughout all generations.

And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.

6 He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.

7 In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken sway.

In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.

8 And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

9 Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground.

The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

10 The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:

The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.

11 And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall serve him.

And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.

12 For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.

For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

13 He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor.

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.

14 He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable in his sight.

He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious before him.

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the day.

And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and [men] shall pray for him continually; [and] all the day shall they praise him.

16 And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.

17 Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.

Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

18 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful things.

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.

19 And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.

And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.

20 The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.