Psalm 72 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ O Elohim, give the sovereign Your right-rulings, And Your righteousness to the Son of a sovereign.

² Let Him rule Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with right-ruling.

³ Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, by righteousness.

⁴ Let Him rightly rule the poor of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.

⁵ Let them fear You with the sun, shining And before the moon, in all generations.

⁶ Let Him come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers, watering the earth.

⁷ Let the righteous flourish in His days, With plenty of peace, Till the moon is no more.

⁸ And let Him rule from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁹ Let those dwelling in the desert bow before Him, And His enemies lick the dust.

¹⁰ Let the sovereigns of Tarshish and of the isles bring presents; The sovereigns of Sheḇ

¹¹ And let all sovereigns bow down before Him, All nations serve Him.

¹² For He delivers the needy when he cries, And the poor, who has no helper.

¹³ He spares the poor and needy, And He saves the lives of the needy.

¹⁴ He redeems their life from oppression and from violence; And their blood is precious in His eyes.

¹⁵ And He shall live, And the gold of Sheḇ

¹⁶ Let there be plenty of grain in the earth, On the top of the mountains, Let its fruit wave like Leḇ

¹⁷ Let His Name be forever, His Name continue before the sun; And let them bless themselves in Him; Let all nations call Him blessed.

¹⁸ Blessed be יהוה  Elohim, Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁹ And blessed be His esteemed Name forever! And let all the earth Be filled with His esteem. Amĕ

²⁰ The prayers of Dawiḏ