Psalms 72

1 A Psalme of Salomon. Give thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.

Of Solomon - O God judgments your to [the] king give and righteousness your to [the] son of [the] king.

2 Then shall he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.

He will judge people your with righteousness and poor [people] your with justice.

3 The mountaines and the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.

They will carry mountains peace to the people and hills in righteousness.

4 He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shall saue the children of the needie, and shall subdue the oppressor.

He will judge - [the] poor [people] of [the] people he will save [the] children of [the] needy so he may crush [the] oppressor.

5 They shall feare thee as long as the sunne and moone endureth, from generatio to generation.

People will fear you with [the] sun and before [the] moon generation of generations.

6 He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

He will come down like rain on mown grass like copious showers dropping of [the] earth.

7 In his dayes shall the righteous florish, and abundance of peace shalbe so long as the moone endureth.

He will flourish in days his [the] righteous and abundance of well-being [will be] until not [the] moon.

8 His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the endes of the land.

And may he rule from sea to sea and from [the] river to [the] ends of [the] earth.

9 They that dwell in ye wildernes, shall kneele before him, and his enemies shall licke the dust.

Before him they will bow down desert-dwellers and enemies his dust they will lick up.

10 The Kings of Tarshish and of the yles shall bring presents: the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring giftes.

[the] kings of Tarshish and [the] islands tribute they will pay [the] kings of Sheba and Seba a gift they will bring near.

11 Yea, all Kings shall worship him: all nations shall serue him.

And they may bow down to him all kings all nations they will serve him.

12 For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper.

For he will deliver [the] needy [who] cries for help and [the] poor and not a helper [belongs] to him.

13 He shalbe mercifull to the poore and needie, and shall preserue the soules of the poore.

He will have compassion on [the] poor and [the] needy and [the] lives of needy [people] he will save.

14 He shall redeeme their soules from deceite and violence, and deare shall their blood be in his sight.

From oppression and from violence he will redeem life their and may be precious blood their in eyes his.

15 Yea, he shall liue, and vnto him shall they giue of the golde of Sheba: they shall also pray for him continually, and dayly blesse him.

And may he live and he may give to him some of [the] gold of Sheba and [may] someone pray for him continually all the day may someone bless him.

16 An handfull of corne shall be sowen in the earth, euen in the toppe of the mountaines, and the fruite thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall florish out of the citie like the grasse of the earth.

May it be an abundance of grain - in the land on [the] top of [the] mountains may it wave like Lebanon fruit its and may people blossom from [the] city like [the] vegetation of the earth.

17 His name shall be for euer: his name shall indure as long as the sunne: all nations shall blesse him, and be blessed in him.

May it be name his for ever before [the] sun (may it increase *QK) name his and may they bless themselves by him all nations may they call blessed him.

18 Blessed be the Lord God, euen the God of Israel, which onely doeth wonderous things.

[be] blessed - Yahweh God [the] God of Israel [who] does wonders to only him.

19 And blessed be his glorious Name for euer: and let all the earth be filled with his glorie. So be it, euen so be it.

And [be] blessed - [the] name of glory his for ever and may it be filled glory his all the earth amen - and amen.

20 HERE END THE prayers of Dauid, the sonne of Ishai.

They are finished [the] prayers of David [the] son of Jesse.