Psalm 72:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
Of Solomon. Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.

New Living Translation
Give your love of justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king’s son.

English Standard Version
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!

Berean Study Bible
Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, God, And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

NASB 1995
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's son.

NASB 1977
Give the king Thy judgments, O God, And Thy righteousness to the king’s son.

Amplified Bible
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king [knowledge of] Your judgments, O God, And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king’s son [to guide all his ways].

Christian Standard Bible
Of Solomon. † God, give your justice to the king and your righteousness to the king’s son.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Solomonic. God, give Your justice to the king and Your righteousness to the king's son.

Contemporary English Version
Please help the king to be honest and fair just like you, our God.

Good News Translation
Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God; share with him your own justice,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[By Solomon.] O God, give the king your justice and the king's son your righteousness

International Standard Version
God, endow the king with ability to render your justice, and the king's son to render your right decisions.

NET Bible
For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

New King James Version
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.

King James 2000 Bible
Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness unto the king's son.

New Heart English Bible
[By Solomon.] God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.

World English Bible
God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.

American King James Version
Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

American Standard Version
Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son.

A Faithful Version
Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the king's son;

Darby Bible Translation
{For Solomon.} O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

English Revised Version
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Webster's Bible Translation
A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness to the king's son.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A Psalme of Salomon. Giue thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Of Solomon. O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes: and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Geue the kinge thy iudgmet (o God) and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, "" And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.

Young's Literal Translation
By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

Smith's Literal Translation
To Solomon. O God, thou wilt give thy judgments to the king, and thy justice to the king's son.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
A psalm on Solomon.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A Psalm according to Solomon.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
God, give your judgment to the King and your righteousness to the King's son

Lamsa Bible
GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness to the king's son,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
[A Psalm] of Solomon. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, And Thy righteousness unto the king's son;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son;
















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