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Psalms 72

A Psalm of Solomon.

1

Give the king  aYour judgments, O God, And  bYour righteousness to the king's son.

2

 1May  2he  ajudge Your people with righteousness And  3 bYour afflicted with justice.

3

 1Let the mountains bring  2 apeace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

4

 1May he  avindicate the  2afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor.

5

 1Let them fear You  awhile the sun endures, And  2as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

6

 1May he come down  alike rain upon the mown grass, Like  bshowers that water the earth.

7

In his days  1may the  arighteous flourish, And  babundance of peace till the moon is no more.

8

May he also rule  afrom sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth.

9

 1Let  athe nomads of the desert  bbow before him, And his enemies  click the dust.

10

 1Let the kings of  aTarshish and of the  2 bislands bring presents; The kings of  cSheba and  dSeba  eoffer  3gifts.

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 1And let all  akings bow down before him, All  bnations serve him.

12

For he will  adeliver the needy when he cries for help, The  1afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

13

He will have  acompassion on the poor and needy, And the  1lives of the needy he will save.

14

He will  1 arescue their  2life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be  bprecious in his sight;

15

So may he live, and may the  agold of Sheba be given to him; And let  1them pray for him continually; Let  1them bless him all day long.

16

May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of  aLebanon; And may those from the city flourish like  bvegetation of the earth.

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May his  aname endure forever; May his name  1increase  2 bas long as the sun shines; And let men  cbless themselves by him;  dLet all nations call him blessed.

18

 aBlessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone  bworks wonders.

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And blessed be His  aglorious name forever; And may the whole  bearth be filled with His glory.  cAmen, and Amen.

20

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.



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