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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Psalms 72
72
1-8Give the gift of wise rule to the king, O God,
the gift of just rule to the crown prince.
May he judge your people rightly,
be honorable to your meek and lowly.
Let the mountains give exuberant witness;
shape the hills with the contours of right living.
Please stand up for the poor,
help the children of the needy,
come down hard on the cruel tyrants.
Outlast the sun, outlive the moon—
age after age after age.
Be rainfall on cut grass,
earth-refreshing rain showers.
Let righteousness burst into blossom
and peace abound until the moon fades to nothing.
Rule from sea to sea,
from the River to the Rim.
9-14Foes will fall on their knees before God,
his enemies lick the dust.
Kings remote and legendary will pay homage,
kings rich and resplendent will turn over their wealth.
All kings will fall down and worship,
and godless nations sign up to serve him,
Because he rescues the poor at the first sign of need,
the destitute who have run out of luck.
He opens a place in his heart for the down-and-out,
he restores the wretched of the earth.
He frees them from tyranny and torture—
when they bleed, he bleeds;
when they die, he dies.
15-17And live! Oh, let him live!
Deck him out in Sheba gold.
Offer prayers unceasing to him,
bless him from morning to night.
Fields of golden grain in the land,
cresting the mountains in wild exuberance,
Cornucopias of praise, praises
springing from the city like grass from the earth.
May he never be forgotten,
his fame shine on like sunshine.
May all godless people enter his circle of blessing
and bless the One who blessed them.
18-20Blessed God, Israel’s God,
the one and only wonder-working God!
Blessed always his blazing glory!
All earth brims with his glory.
Yes and Yes and Yes.
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