New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 72:2-7

2 1May 2he 3judge Your people with righteousness And 4 5Your afflicted with justice.3 6Let the mountains bring 7 8peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.4 9May he 10vindicate the 11afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor.

5 12Let them fear You 13while the sun endures, And 14as long as the moon, throughout all generations.6 15May he come down 16like rain upon the mown grass, Like 17showers that water the earth.7In his days 18may the 19righteous flourish, And 20abundance of peace till the moon is no more.

Read all of Psalms 72

Notes

1. Psalms 72:2 Or He will judge ↩
2. Psalms 72:2 Many of the pronouns in this Psalm may be rendered He since the typical reference is to the Messiah ↩
3. Psalms 72:2 Is 9:7; 11:2-5; 32:1 ↩
4. Psalms 72:2 Or Your humble ↩
5. Psalms 72:2 Ps 82:3 ↩
6. Psalms 72:3 Or The mountains will bring ↩
7. Psalms 72:3 Or prosperity ↩
8. Psalms 72:3 Is 2:4; 9:5, 6; Mic 4:3, 4; Zech 9:10 ↩
9. Psalms 72:4 Or He will vindicate ↩
10. Psalms 72:4 Is 11:4 ↩
11. Psalms 72:4 Or humble ↩
12. Psalms 72:5 Or They will fear ↩
13. Psalms 72:5 Ps 72:17; 89:36, 37 ↩
14. Psalms 72:5 Lit before the moon ↩
15. Psalms 72:6 Or He will come down ↩
16. Psalms 72:6 Deut 32:2; 2 Sam 23:4; Hos 6:3 ↩
17. Psalms 72:6 Ps 65:10 ↩
18. Psalms 72:7 Or the righteous will flourish ↩
19. Psalms 72:7 Ps 92:12 ↩
20. Psalms 72:7 Is 2:4 ↩

Notes

Commentaries on Psalms 72