Psalm 72:1-20
Regarding Solomon.
72 O God, give your own judicial decisions to the king,+And your righteousness to the son of the king.+
2 May he plead the cause of your people with righteousness+And of your afflicted ones with judicial decision.+
3 Let the mountains carry peace to the people,+Also the hills, through righteousness.
4 Let him judge the afflicted ones of the people,+Let him save the sons of the poor one,And let him crush the defrauder.
5 They will* fear you as long as there is a sun,*+And before the moon for generation after generation.*+
6 He will descend like the rain upon the mown grass,+Like copious showers that wet the earth.*+
7 In his days the righteous one* will sprout,+And the abundance of peace until the moon is no more.*+
8 And he will have subjects from sea to sea+And from the River*+ to the ends of the earth.+
9 Before him the inhabitants of waterless regions* will bow down,+And his very enemies will lick the dust itself.+
10 The kings of Tarʹshish and of the islands*+—Tribute they will pay.+The kings of Sheʹba and of Seʹba—A gift they will present.+
11 And to him all the kings will prostrate themselves;+All the nations, for their part, will serve him.+
12 For he will deliver the poor one crying for help,+Also the afflicted one and whoever has no helper.+
13 He will feel sorry for the lowly one and the poor one,+And the souls of the poor ones he will save.+
14 From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul,And their blood will be precious in his eyes.+
15 And let him live,+ and to him let some of the gold of Sheʹba be given.+And in his behalf let prayer be made constantly;All day long let him be blessed.+
16 There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth;+On the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.+His fruit will be as in Lebʹa·non,+And those who are from the city will blossom like the vegetation of the earth.+
17 Let his name prove to be to time indefinite;+Before the sun let his name have increase,And by means of him let them bless themselves;+Let all nations pronounce him happy.+
18 Blessed be Jehovah God, Israel’s God,+Who alone is doing wonderful works.+
19 And blessed be his glorious name to time indefinite,+And let his glory fill the whole earth.+Amen and Amen.*
20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesʹse,+ have come to their end.
Footnotes
^ Or, “Let them.”
^ Lit., “fear you with the sun.”
^ Lit., “generation of generations.”
^ Lit., “a wetting (moistening) of the earth.”
^ “The righteous one,” M; LXXSyVg and three Heb. mss, “righteousness.”
^ According to M; T, “until the servants of the moon are destroyed.”
^ “River,” MLXXSyVg; T, “Euphrates.”
^ Or, “the demons.”
^ Or, “coastlands.”
^ See 41:13 ftn.
