Psalm 72

¹God, give the king your justice;

your righteousness to the royal son.

²He will judge your people with righteousness,

and your poor with justice.

³The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people.

The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

⁴He will judge the poor of the people.

He will save the children of the needy,

and will break the oppressor in pieces.

⁵They shall fear you while the sun endures;

and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

⁶He will come down like rain on the mown grass,

as showers that water the earth.

⁷In his days, the righteous shall flourish,

and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

⁸He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,

from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁹Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him.

His enemies shall lick the dust.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute.

The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

¹¹Yes, all kings shall fall down before him.

All nations shall serve him.

¹²For he will deliver the needy when he cries;

the poor, who has no helper.

¹³He will have pity on the poor and needy.

He will save the souls of the needy.

¹⁴He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence.

Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him.

Men will pray for him continually.

They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land.

Its fruit sways like Lebanon.

Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁷His name endures forever.

His name continues as long as the sun.

Men shall be blessed by him.

All nations will call him blessed.

¹⁸Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel,

who alone does marvellous deeds.

¹⁹Blessed be his glorious name forever!

Let the whole earth be filled with his glory!

Amen and amen.