Psalm 72 — Legacy Standard Bible

Give the King Your Judgments

Of Solomon.

O God, give the king ^aYour judgments,And ^bYour righteousness to the king’s son.²¹May ²he ^arender judgment to Your people with righteousnessAnd ^bYour ³afflicted with justice.³Let the mountains lift up ¹^,^apeace to the people,And the hills, in righteousness.⁴¹May he ^agive justice to the ²afflicted of the people,Save the children of the needy,And crush the oppressor.⁵¹Let them fear You ^awhile the sun endures,And ²as long as the moon, from generation to all generations.⁶¹May he come down ^alike rain upon the mown grass,Like ^bshowers that water the earth.⁷¹May the ^arighteous flourish in his days,And ^babundance of peace until the moon is no more.⁸May he also have dominion ^afrom sea to seaAnd from the River to the ends of the earth.⁹¹Let ^athe desert creatures ^bkneel before him,And his enemies ^click the dust.¹⁰¹Let the kings of ^aTarshish and of the ^bcoastlands bring a present;The kings of ^cSheba and ^dSeba ^eoffer tribute.¹¹¹And let all ^akings bow down to him,All ^bnations serve him.¹²For he will ^adeliver the needy when he cries for help,The ¹afflicted also, and him who has no helper.¹³He will have ^acompassion on the poor and needy,And the ¹lives of the needy he will save.¹⁴He will ^aredeem their ¹life from oppression and violence,And their blood will be ^bprecious in his sight;¹⁵So may he live! And may they give to him the ^agold of Sheba;And let each pray for him continually;Let each bless him all day long.¹⁶May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;May its fruit wave like the cedars of ^aLebanon;And may those from the city blossom like ^bvegetation of the earth.¹⁷May his ^aname endure forever;May his name ¹increase ²^,^bas long as the sun shines;Let all nations ³^,^cbe blessed in him;^dLet all nations call him blessed.¹⁸^aBlessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,Who alone ^bworks wondrous deeds.¹⁹And blessed be His ^aglorious name forever;And may the whole ^bearth be filled with His glory.^cAmen, and Amen.²⁰¹The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are completed.

Footnotes

72:21 Or He will judge
72:22 Many of the pronouns in this Psalm may be rendered He since the ultimate reference is to the Messiah
72:23 Or humble
72:31 Or prosperity
72:41 Or He will vindicate
72:42 Or humble
72:51 Or They will fear
72:52 Lit before the moon
72:61 Or He will come down
72:71 Or The righteous will flourish
72:91 Or The nomads will kneel
72:101 Or The kings...will bring
72:111 Or All kings will bow down
72:121 Or humble
72:131 Lit souls
72:141 Lit soul
72:171 To obtain descendants; or sprout forth
72:172 Lit before the sun
72:173 Or experience blessing repeatedly, bless themselves
72:201 Possibly one of the last prayers of David for Solomon, which Solomon incorporated into his psalm

Cross references

72:1a 1 Kin 3:9; 1 Chr 22:13
72:1b Ps 24:5
72:2a Is 9:7; 11:2-5; 32:1
72:2b Ps 82:3
72:3a Is 2:4; 9:5; 6; Mic 4:3; 4; Zech 9:10
72:4a Is 11:4
72:5a Ps 72:17; 89:36; 37
72:6a Deut 32:2; 2 Sam 23:4; Hos 6:3
72:6b Ps 65:10
72:7a Ps 92:12
72:7b Is 2:4
72:8a Ex 23:31; Zech 9:10
72:9a Ps 74:14; Is 23:13
72:9b Ps 22:29
72:9c Is 49:23; Mic 7:17
72:10a 2 Chr 9:21; Ps 48:7
72:10b Ps 97:1; Is 42:4; 10; Zeph 2:11
72:10c 1 Kin 10:1; Job 6:19; Is 60:6
72:10d Gen 10:7; Is 43:3
72:10e Ps 45:12; 68:29
72:11a Ps 138:4; Is 49:23
72:11b Ps 86:9
72:12a Job 29:12; Ps 72:4
72:13a Prov 19:17; 28:8
72:14a Ps 69:18
72:14b 1 Sam 26:21; Ps 116:15
72:15a Is 60:6
72:16a Ps 104:16
72:16b Job 5:25
72:17a Ex 3:15; Ps 135:13
72:17b Ps 89:36
72:17c Gen 12:3; 22:18
72:17d Luke 1:48
72:18a 1 Chr 29:10; Ps 41:13; 89:52; 106:48
72:18b Ex 15:11; Job 5:9; Ps 77:14; 86:10; 136:4
72:19a Neh 9:5; Ps 96:8
72:19b Num 14:21
72:19c Ps 41:13