Psalms 72
72
PSALM 72
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm for Solomon.
1O Lord, thy judgments give the king,
his son thy righteousness.
2With right he shall thy people judge,
thy poor with uprightness.
3The lofty mountains shall bring forth
unto the people peace;
Likewise the little hills the same
shall do by righteousness.
4The people's poor ones he shall judge,
the needy's children save;
And those shall he in pieces break
who them oppressed have.
5They shall thee fear, while sun and moon
do last, through ages all.
6Like rain on mown grass he shall drop,
or show'rs on earth that fall.
7The just shall flourish in his days,
and prosper in his reign:
He shall, while doth the moon endure,
abundant peace maintain.
8His large and great dominion shall
from sea to sea extend:
It from the river shall reach forth
unto earth's utmost end.
9They in the wilderness that dwell
bow down before him must;
And they that are his enemies
shall lick the very dust.
10The kings of Tarshish, and the isles,
to him shall presents bring;
And unto him shall offer gifts
Sheba's and Seba's king.
11Yea, all the mighty kings on earth
before him down shall fall;
And all the nations of the world
do service to him shall.
12For he the needy shall preserve,
when he to him doth call;
The poor also, and him that hath
no help of man at all.
13The poor man and the indigent
in mercy he shall spare;
He shall preserve alive the souls
of those that needy are.
14Both from deceit and violence
their soul he shall set free;
And in his sight right precious
and dear their blood shall be.
15Yea, he shall live, and giv'n to him
shall be of Sheba's gold:
For him still shall they pray, and he
shall daily be extoll'd.
16Of corn an handful in the earth
on tops of mountains high,
With prosp'rous fruit shall shake, like trees
on Lebanon that be.
The city shall be flourishing,
her citizens abound
In number shall, like to the grass
that grows upon the ground.
17His name for ever shall endure;
last like the sun it shall:
Men shall be bless'd in him,
and bless'd all nations shall him call.
18Now blessed be the Lord our God,
the God of Israel,
For he alone doth wondrous works,
in glory that excel.
19And blessed be his glorious name
to all eternity:
The whole earth let his glory fill.
Amen, so let it be.
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
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Tehillim 72
72
(Of Sh'lomo)
1Give HaMelech Thy mishpatim, O Elohim, and Thy tzedakah unto the Ben Melech.
2He shall judge Thy people with tzedek, and Thy poor with mishpat.
3The harim (mountains) shall bear shalom to the people, and geva'ot (hills) in tzedakah.
4He shall judge the poor of the people; yoshia (He shall save) the bnei evyon (children of the needy), and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5They shall fear Thee as long as the shemesh and yarei'ach endure, dor dorim (throughout all generations).
6He shall come down like matar (rain) upon the mown field, as showers watering eretz.
7In his yamim shall the tzaddik flourish; and abundance of shalom so long as the yarei'ach endureth.
8He#72:8 Moshiach Ben Dovid shall have dominion also from yam to yam, and from nahar (river) unto the afsei eretz (the ends of the earth).
9They that dwell in the desert shall bow before him; and his oyevim (enemies) shall lick the aphar (dust).
10The melachim of Tarshish and of the iyim (islands) shall bring minchah (tribute); the melachim of Sheva and Seva shall offer gifts.
11Kol melachim shall fall down before him;#72:11 Moshiach kol Goyim shall serve him.
12For he shall deliver the evyon (needy) when he crieth; the oni (poor, afflicted) also, and him that hath no ozer (helper).
13He shall pity the weak and evyon (needy), and yoshi'a (he shall save) the nefashot of the evyonim (needy).
14He shall be the Go'el Redeemer of their nefesh from deceit and chamas; and precious shall their dahm be in his sight.
15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the zahav of Sheva; and prayer shall be for him continually; and daily shall a brocha be made on him.
16There shall be an abundance of grain on ha'aretz upon the top of the harim (mountains); the fruit thereof shall shake#72:16 in the trees like in Levanon; and they of the city shall flourish like esev ha'aretz.
17Shmo (His Name) shall endure l'olam; Shmo shall be continued as long as the shemesh; and men shall be blessed in him; kol Goyim shall call him blessed.
18Baruch Hashem Elohim, Elohei Yisroel, who only doeth nifla'ot (wondrous things).
19And baruch Shem kevodo l'olam (and blessed be His Glorious Name forever); and let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Omein, and Omein.
20The tefillot Dovid Ben Yishai are ended.#72:20 T.N. The next Psalm concerns a revelation received in the Holy Place, namely the fate of the wicked whose prosperity is delusional since the riches of G-dʼs house is wealth they can never attain to, revealing their true eternal poverty. See Ps 73:24 on afterlife in G-dʼs presence.
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