Psalms, 72

1. [Of Solomon] God, endow the king with your own fair judgement, the son of the king with your own saving justice,

1. <[A Psalm] for Solomon.> Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

2. that he may rule your people with justice, and your poor with fair judgement.

2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

3. Mountains and hills, bring peace to the people! With justice

3. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

4. he will judge the poor of the people, he will save the children of the needy and crush their oppressors.

4. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

5. In the sight of the sun and the moon he will endure, age after age.

5. They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

6. He will come down like rain on mown grass, like showers moistening the land.

6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

7. In his days uprightness shall flourish, and peace in plenty till the moon is no more.

7. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

8. His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the limits of the earth.

8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

9. The Beast will cower before him, his enemies lick the dust;

9. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

10. the kings of Tarshish and the islands will pay him tribute. The kings of Sheba and Saba will offer gifts;

10. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

11. all kings will do him homage, all nations become his servants.

11. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

12. For he rescues the needy who calls to him, and the poor who has no one to help.

12. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.

13. He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the needy from death.

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

14. From oppression and violence he redeems their lives, their blood is precious in his sight.

14. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

15. (Long may he live; may the gold of Sheba be given him!) Prayer will be offered for him constantly, and blessings invoked on him all day.

15. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.

16. May wheat abound in the land, waving on the heights of the hills, like Lebanon with its fruits and flowers at their best, like the grasses of the earth.

16. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

17. May his name be blessed for ever, and endure in the sight of the sun. In him shall be blessed every race in the world, and all nations call him blessed.

17. His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

18. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders;

18. Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

19. blessed for ever his glorious name. May the whole world be filled with his glory! Amen! Amen!

19. And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.

20. End of the prayers of David, son of Jesse.

20. The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.