Thematic Bible
Psalm 72:1 (show verse)
O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;
Psalm 72:2 (show verse)
May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;
Psalm 72:3 (show verse)
May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills be laden with righteousness;
Psalm 72:4 (show verse)
May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.
Psalm 72:5 (show verse)
Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
Psalm 72:6 (show verse)
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
Psalm 72:7 (show verse)
May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.
Psalm 72:8 (show verse)
So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth;
Psalm 72:9 (show verse)
Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;
Psalm 72:10 (show verse)
The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;
Psalm 72:11 (show verse)
Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;
Psalm 72:12 (show verse)
Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;
Psalm 72:13 (show verse)
He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:
Psalm 72:14 (show verse)
From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their flood in his sight.
Psalm 72:15 (show verse)
Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba, - Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed.
Psalm 72:16 (show verse)
May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, - Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.
Psalm 72:17 (show verse)
May his Name he age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish, - And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!
Psalm 72:18 (show verse)
Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, - Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;
Psalm 72:19 (show verse)
And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago-abiding, - And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!
Psalm 72:20 (show verse)
Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
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