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