King James VersionPsalms72

Psalms

1 Give the king thy judg­ments, O God, and thy righ­teous­ness unto the king's son.
2 He shall judge thy peo­ple with righ­teous­ness, and thy poor with judg­ment.
3 The moun­tains shall bring peace to the peo­ple, and the lit­tle hills, by righ­teous­ness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the peo­ple, he shall save the chil­dren of the needy, and shall break in pieces the op­pres­sor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon en­dure, through­out all gen­er­a­tions.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as show­ers that wa­ter the earth.
7 In his days shall the righ­teous flour­ish; and abun­dance of peace so long as the moon en­dureth.
8 He shall have do­min­ion also from sea to sea, and from the riv­er unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilder­ness shall bow be­fore him; and his en­e­mies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring pre­sents: the kings of She­ba and Seba shall of­fer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down be­fore him: all na­tions shall serve him.
12 For he shall de­liv­er the needy when he cri­eth; the poor al­so, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He shall re­deem their soul from de­ceit and vi­o­lence: and pre­cious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be giv­en of the gold of She­ba: prayer also shall be made for him con­tin­u­al­ly; and dai­ly shall he be praised.
16 There shall be an hand­ful of corn in the earth upon the top of the moun­tains; the fruit there­of shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flour­ish like grass of the earth.
17 His name shall en­dure for ev­er: his name shall be con­tin­ued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all na­tions shall call him blessed.
18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Is­rael, who only doeth won­drous things.
19 And blessed be his glo­ri­ous name for ev­er: and let the whole earth be filled with his glo­ry; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are end­ed.