Psa 72:1
Of Solomon.
O God H430, give H5414 the king H4428 Your judgments H4941,
And Your righteousness H6666 to the king’s H4428 son H1121.
Psa 72:2
[fn]May [fn]he render H1777 judgment H1777 to Your people H5971 with righteousness H6664
And Your [fn]afflicted H6041 with justice H4941.
Psa 72:3
Let the mountains H2022 lift H5375 up H5375 [fn]peace H7965 to the people H5971,
And the hills H1389, in righteousness H6666.
Psa 72:4
[fn]May he give H8199 justice H8199 to the [fn]afflicted H6041 of the people H5971,
Save H3467 the children H1121 of the needy H34,
And crush H1792 the oppressor H6231.
Psa 72:5
[fn]Let them fear H3372 You while H5973 the sun H8121 endures,
And [fn]as long H6440 as the moon H3394, from generation H1755 to all generations H1755.
Psa 72:6
[fn]May he come H3381 down H3381 like rain H4306 upon the mown H1488 grass,
Like showers H7241 that water H2222 the earth H776.
Psa 72:7
[fn]May the righteous H6662 flourish H6524 in his days H3117,
And abundance H7230 of peace H7965 until H5704 the moon H3394 is no H1097 more H1097.
Psa 72:8
May he also have H7287 dominion H7287 from sea H3220 to sea H3220
And from the River H5104 to the ends H657 of the earth H776.
Psa 72:9
[fn]Let the desert H6728 creatures H6728 kneel H3766 before H6440 him,
And his enemies H340 lick H3897 the dust H6083.
Psa 72:10
[fn]Let the kings H4428 of Tarshish H8659 and of the coastlands H339 bring H7725 a present H7725;
The kings H4428 of Sheba H7614 and Seba H5434 offer H7126 tribute H814.
Psa 72:11
[fn]And let all H3605 kings H4428 bow H2331 down H2331 to him,
All H3605 nations H1471 serve H5647 him.
Psa 72:12
For he will deliver H5337 the needy H34 when he cries H7768 for H7768 help H7768,
The [fn]afflicted H6041 also, and him who has H369 no H369 helper H5826.
Psa 72:13
He will have H2347 compassion H2347 on the poor H1800 and needy H34,
And the [fn]lives H5315 of the needy H34 he will save H3467.
Psa 72:14
He will redeem H1350 their [fn]life H5315 from oppression H8496 and violence H2555,
And their blood H1818 will be H3365 precious H3365 in his sight H5869;
Psa 72:15
So may he live H2421! And may they give H5414 to him the gold H2091 of Sheba H7614;
And let each pray H6419 for him continually H8548;
Let each bless H1288 him all H3605 day H3117 long.
Psa 72:16
May there be abundance H6451 of grain H1250 in the earth H776 on top H7218 of the mountains H2022;
May its fruit H6529 wave H7493 like the cedars of Lebanon H3844;
And may those from the city H5892 blossom H6692 like vegetation H6212 of the earth H776.
Psa 72:17
May his name H8034 endure H1961 forever H5769;
May his name H8034 [fn]increase H5125 [fn]as long H6440 as the sun H8121 shines;
Let all nations [fn]be blessed H1288 in him;
Let all H3605 nations H1471 call H833 him blessed H833.
Psa 72:18
Blessed H1288 be Yahweh H3068 God H430, the God H430 of Israel H3478,
Who alone H905 works H6213 wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.
Psa 72:19
And blessed H1288 be His glorious H3519 name H8034 forever H5769;
And may the whole H3605 earth H776 be filled H4390 with His glory H3519.
Amen H543, and Amen H543.
Psa 72:20
[fn]The prayers H8605 of David H1732, the son H1121 of Jesse H3448, are completed H3615.
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