Psalm 72

Give the King Your Justice

72Of ^qSolomon.

¹Give the king your ^rjustice, O God,

and your righteousness to the royal son!

²May he ^sjudge your people with righteousness,

and your poor with justice!

³Let the mountains bear ^tprosperity for the people,

and the hills, in righteousness!

⁴May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,

give deliverance to the children of the needy,

and crush the oppressor!

⁵May they fear you¹ while ^uthe sun endures,

and as long as the moon, ^vthroughout all generations!

⁶May he be like ^wrain that falls on ^xthe mown grass,

like ^yshowers that water the earth!

⁷In his days may ^zthe righteous flourish,

and ^apeace abound, till the moon be no more!

⁸May he have dominion from ^bsea to sea,

and from ^bthe River² to the ^cends of the earth!

⁹May desert tribes ^dbow down before him,

and his enemies ^elick the dust!

¹⁰May the kings of ^fTarshish and of ^gthe coastlands

render him ^htribute;

may the kings of ⁱSheba and ^jSeba

bring gifts!

¹¹May all kings ^kfall down before him,

all nations serve him!

¹²For he delivers ^lthe needy when he calls,

the poor and him who has no helper.

¹³He has pity on the weak and the needy,

and saves the lives of the needy.

¹⁴From oppression and violence he redeems their life,

and ^mprecious is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live;

may ⁿgold of Sheba be given to him!

May prayer be made ^ofor him continually,

and blessings invoked for him all the day!

¹⁶May there be abundance of grain in the land;

on the tops of the mountains may it wave;

may its fruit be like Lebanon;

and may people ^pblossom in the cities

like the ^qgrass of the field!

^17rMay his name endure forever,

his fame continue as long as the sun!

^sMay people be blessed in him,

^tall nations call him blessed!

^18uBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

who alone does ^vwondrous things.

¹⁹Blessed be his ^wglorious name forever;

may ^xthe whole earth be filled with his glory!

^yAmen and Amen!

^20zThe prayers of ^aDavid, the son of Jesse, are ended.

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