📖 Psalms 72
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God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
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He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
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The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
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He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
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They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
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He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
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In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
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He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
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Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
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The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
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Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
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For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
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He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
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He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
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They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.
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Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
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His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
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Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
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Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
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This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. BOOK III A Psalm by Asaph.