New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 72:2-17

2 1May 2he 3judge Your people with righteousness And 4 5Your afflicted with justice.3 6May 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 12May they fear You 13while the sun shines, And 14as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations.6 15May he come down 16like rain upon the mown grass, Like 17showers that water the earth.7 18May the 19righteous flourish in his days, As well as an 20abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

8May he also rule 21from sea to sea, And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.9 22May 23the nomads of the desert 24bow before him, And his enemies 25lick the dust.10 26May the kings of 27Tarshish and of the 28 29islands bring gifts; May the kings of 30Sheba and 31Seba 32offer tributes.11 33And may all 34kings bow down before him, All 35nations serve him.

12For he will 36save the needy when he cries for help, The 37afflicted also, and him who has no helper.13He will have 38compassion on the poor and needy, And he will save the 39lives of the needy.14He will 40 41rescue their 42life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be 43precious in his sight;15So may he live, and may the 44gold of Sheba be given to him; And 45they are to pray for him continually; 46They are to bless him all day long.

16May there be abundance of grain on the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of 47Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like the 48vegetation of the earth.17May his 49name endure forever; May his name produce descendants 50 51as long as the sun shines; And may people 52wish blessings on themselves by him; 53May all nations call him blessed.

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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 ↩
21. Psalms 72:8 Ex 23:31; Zech 9:10 ↩
22. Psalms 72:9 Or The nomads...will bow ↩
23. Psalms 72:9 Ps 74:14; Is 23:13 ↩
24. Psalms 72:9 Ps 22:29 ↩
25. Psalms 72:9 Is 49:23; Mic 7:17 ↩
26. Psalms 72:10 Or The kings...will bring ↩
27. Psalms 72:10 2 Chr 9:21; Ps 48:7 ↩
28. Psalms 72:10 Or coastlands ↩
29. Psalms 72:10 Ps 97:1; Is 42:4, 10; Zeph 2:11 ↩
30. Psalms 72:10 1 Kin 10:1; Job 6:19; Is 60:6 ↩
31. Psalms 72:10 Gen 10:7; Is 43:3 ↩
32. Psalms 72:10 Ps 45:12; 68:29 ↩
33. Psalms 72:11 Or All kings will bow down ↩
34. Psalms 72:11 Ps 138:4; Is 49:23 ↩
35. Psalms 72:11 Ps 86:9 ↩
36. Psalms 72:12 Job 29:12; Ps 72:4 ↩
37. Psalms 72:12 Or humble ↩
38. Psalms 72:13 Prov 19:17; 28:8 ↩
39. Psalms 72:13 Lit souls ↩
40. Psalms 72:14 Lit redeem ↩
41. Psalms 72:14 Ps 69:18 ↩
42. Psalms 72:14 Lit soul ↩
43. Psalms 72:14 1 Sam 26:21; Ps 116:15 ↩
44. Psalms 72:15 Is 60:6 ↩
45. Psalms 72:15 Lit he is to ↩
46. Psalms 72:15 Lit He is to ↩
47. Psalms 72:16 Ps 104:16 ↩
48. Psalms 72:16 Job 5:25 ↩
49. Psalms 72:17 Ex 3:15; Ps 135:13 ↩
50. Psalms 72:17 Lit before the sun ↩
51. Psalms 72:17 Ps 89:36 ↩
52. Psalms 72:17 Gen 12:3; 22:18 ↩
53. Psalms 72:17 Luke 1:48 ↩

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