Psalms   

Psalms

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