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Psalms 72

For Solomon.

1O 1GodH430, giveH5414 the kingH4428 thy judgmentsH4941, and thy righteousnessH6666 unto the king's sonH1121.2He will judgeH1777 thy peopleH5971 with righteousnessH6664, and thine afflictedH6041 with judgmentH4941.3The mountainsH2022 shall bring peaceH7965 to the peopleH5971, and the hillsH1389, by righteousnessH6666.4He will do justice to the afflictedH6041 of the peopleH5971; he will saveH3467 the children of the needyH34, and will break in pieces the oppressorH6231.5They shall fearH3372 thee as long as sunH8121 and moonH3394 endure, from generationH1755 to generationH1755.6He shall comeH3381 down like rainH4306 on the mown grass, as showersH7241 that water the earthH776.7In his daysH3117 shall the righteousH6662 flourish, and abundanceH7230 of peaceH7965 till the moonH3394 be no more.8And he shall have dominion from seaH3220 to seaH3220, and from the riverH5104 unto the endsH657 of the earthH776.9The dwellers in the desert shall bowH3766 before him, and his enemiesH341 shall lickH3897 the dustH6083.10The kingsH4428 of TarshishH8659 and of the isles shall render presentsH7126; the kingsH4428 of ShebaH7614 and SebaH5434 shall offer tributeH4503:11Yea, all kingsH4428 shall bowH7812 downH7812 before him; all nationsH1471 shall serveH5647 him.12For he will deliverH5337 the needyH34 who crieth, and the afflictedH6041, who hath no helperH5826;13He will have compassionH2347 on the poor and needyH34, and will saveH3467 the soulsH5315 of the needyH34:14He will redeemH1350 their soulsH5315 from oppressionH8496 and violenceH2555, and preciousH3365 shall their bloodH1818 be in his sight.15And he shall liveH2421; and to him shall be givenH5414 of the goldH2091 of ShebaH7614; and prayer shall be madeH5414 for him continuallyH8548: all the dayH3117 shall he be blessedH1288.16There shall beH1961 abundance of corn in the earthH776, upon the topH7218 of the mountainsH2022; the fruitH6529 thereof shall shakeH7493 like LebanonH3844; and they of the cityH5892 shall bloom like the herb of the earthH776.17His nameH8034 shall endure for everH5769; his nameH8034 shall beH1961 continued as longH5769 as the sunH8121: and [men] shall blessH1288 themselves in him; all nationsH1471 shall callH833 him blessedH1288.18BlessedH1288 be Jehovah Elohim, the 2GodH430 of IsraelH3478, who aloneH905 doeth wondrous thingsH6381!19And blessedH1288 be his glorious nameH8034 for everH5769! and let the whole earthH776 be filledH4390 with his gloryH3519! AmenH543, and AmenH543.20The prayersH8605 of DavidH1732 the sonH1121 of JesseH3448 are endedH3615.

Notes

1. Psalms 72:1 72.1 Elohim ↩
2. Psalms 72:18 72.18 Elohim ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 72

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