Psalm 72:1
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 Standard Bible
Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

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.

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.

Legacy Standard Bible
Of Solomon. O God, give the king Your judgments, And Your 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.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
God, give your judgment to the King and your righteousness to 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;

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
A psalm on Solomon.

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

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

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

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

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

Literal Standard Version
BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, | And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.

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

New American Bible
Of Solomon.

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!

New Revised Standard Version
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son.

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

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

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

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

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Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
1Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. 2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.…

Cross References
Luke 24:44
Jesus said to them, "These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms."

2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, 'He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

1 Kings 3:9
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"

1 Chronicles 22:13
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

1 Chronicles 29:19
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision."

Psalm 24:5
He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.


Treasury of Scripture

Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

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1 Kings 1:39
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

1 Chronicles 22:12,13
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God…

1 Chronicles 29:19
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

the king's

1 Kings 1:47,48
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed…

1 Kings 2:1-4
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, …

Jeremiah 23:5,6
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth…

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Psalm 72
1. David, praying for Solomon, shows the goodness and glory of God's kingdom
18. He blessed God














(1, 2) The order of the words should be noticed--"judgments," "righteousness," "righteousness," "judgment"--as offering a good instance of introverted parallelism. With regard to the meaning of the words we are placed on practical ground; they refer to the faculty of judging in affairs of government, of coming to a great and fair decision. In fact, whether Solomon be the intended subject of the poem or not, the prayer made in his dream at Gibeon (1Kings 3:9) is the best comment on these verses. (Comp. Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 32:1.)

(1) The king . . . the king's son.--The article is wanting in the Hebrew.

Verse 1. - Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. God had established in Israel, in the person of David, hereditary monarchy (2 Samuel 7:12-16), such as was usual in the East, and suited to Oriental notions. In speaking of himself, not only as "the king," but also as "the king's son," Solomon makes appeal to the sentiment of respect for hereditary royalty. Compare the inscription of Mesha, "My father was king over Moab thirty years, and I became king after my father" (line 1). In praying God to give him "his judgments," he is desiring a "spirit of judgment" which will enable him to deliver decisions as righteous as God's.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Of Solomon.
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֨ה ׀ (liš·lō·mōh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

Endow
תֵּ֑ן (tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

the king
לְמֶ֣לֶךְ (lə·me·leḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

with Your justice,
מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ (miš·pā·ṭe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

O God,
אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕlō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and the son
לְבֶן־ (lə·ḇen-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of the king
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

with Your righteousness.
וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ (wə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively


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