Psalms 72:1-13 ▼

1 Of Solomon. O God, give Your judgments to the king, and Your justice to the son of the king.

2 May he judge Your people with righteousness, and Your lowly ones with judgment.

3 The mountains will carry peace to the people, and the hills justice.

4 He will judge for the lowly ones of the people; he will save the sons of the needy, and will crush the one oppressing.

5 They will fear You with the sun, and before the face of the moon, from generation to generations.

6 He will come down like rain upon freshly cut grass, like showers dropping on the earth.

7 In his days the righteous will sprout forth, and an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

8 And he will rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

9 Before him the desert dwellers will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

10 The kings of Tarshish and the isles will return a gift; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring near a gift.

11 And all kings will bow low before him; all nations will serve him!

12 For he will deliver the needy one crying out, and the poor one without a helper to him.

13 He will have pity on the poor and needy, and he will save the souls of the needy.