Psalm
Regarding Solomon.
72 O God, give your own judicial decisions to the king,+
And your righteousness to the son of the king.+
2 May he plead the cause of your people with righteousness+
And of your afflicted ones with judicial decision.+
4 Let him judge the afflicted ones of the people,+
Let him save the sons of the poor one,
And let him crush the defrauder.
9 Before him the inhabitants of waterless regions* will bow down,+
And his very enemies will lick the dust itself.+
10 The kings of Tarʹshish and of the islands*+—
Tribute they will pay.+
The kings of Sheʹba and of Seʹba—
A gift they will present.+
11 And to him all the kings will prostrate themselves;+
All the nations, for their part, will serve him.+
12 For he will deliver the poor one crying for help,+
Also the afflicted one and whoever has no helper.+
13 He will feel sorry for the lowly one and the poor one,+
And the souls of the poor ones he will save.+
14 From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul,
And their blood will be precious in his eyes.+
15 And let him live,+ and to him let some of the gold of Sheʹba be given.+
And in his behalf let prayer be made constantly;
All day long let him be blessed.+
16 There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth;+
On the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.+
His fruit will be as in Lebʹa·non,+
And those who are from the city will blossom like the vegetation of the earth.+
17 Let his name prove to be to time indefinite;+
Before the sun let his name have increase,
And by means of him let them bless themselves;+
Let all nations pronounce him happy.+
19 And blessed be his glorious name to time indefinite,+
And let his glory fill the whole earth.+
Amen and Amen.*
20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesʹse,+ have come to their end.