Psalm 72

PSALM 72

Give the King Your Judgments

Of Solomon.

¹O God, give the king ^aYour judgments,

And ^bYour righteousness to the king’s son.

²¹May ²he ^arender judgment to Your people with righteousness

And ^bYour ³afflicted with justice.

³Let the mountains lift up ^1apeace to the people,

And the hills, in righteousness.

⁴¹May he ^agive justice to the ²afflicted of the people,

Save the children of the needy,

And crush the oppressor.

⁵¹Let them fear You ^awhile the sun endures,

And ²as long as the moon, from generation to all generations.

⁶¹May he come down ^alike rain upon the mown grass,

Like ^bshowers that water the earth.

⁷¹May the ^arighteous flourish in his days,

And ^babundance of peace until the moon is no more.

⁸May he also have dominion ^afrom sea to sea

And from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁹¹Let ^athe desert creatures ^bkneel before him,

And his enemies ^click the dust.

¹⁰¹Let the kings of ^aTarshish and of the ^bcoastlands bring a present;

The kings of ^cSheba and ^dSeba ^eoffer tribute.

¹¹¹And let all ^akings bow down to him,

All ^bnations serve him.

¹²For he will ^adeliver the needy when he cries for help,

The ¹afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

¹³He will have ^acompassion on the poor and needy,

And the ¹lives of the needy he will save.

¹⁴He will ^aredeem their ¹life from oppression and violence,

And their blood will be ^bprecious in his sight;

¹⁵So may he live! And may they give to him the ^agold of Sheba;

And let each pray for him continually;

Let each bless him all day long.

¹⁶May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;

May its fruit wave like the cedars of ^aLebanon;

And may those from the city blossom like ^bvegetation of the earth.

¹⁷May his ^aname endure forever;

May his name ¹increase ^2bas long as the sun shines;

Let all nations ^3cbe blessed in him;

^dLet all nations call him blessed.

^18aBlessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,

Who alone ^bworks wondrous deeds.

¹⁹And blessed be His ^aglorious name forever;

And may the whole ^bearth be filled with His glory.

^cAmen, and Amen.

²⁰¹The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are completed.