Psalms 72
New International Version - Psalms 72 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 72:1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. 72:2 He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. 72:3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. 72:4 He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor. 72:5 He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. 72:6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth. 72:7 In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more. 72:8 He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. 72:9 The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust. 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts. 72:11 All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him. 72:12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. 72:13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. 72:14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight. 72:15 Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long. 72:16 Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field. 72:17 May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. 72:18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. 72:19 Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen. 72:20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.