Psa. 72
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72:1
O God, give Your judgments to the
1king,
And Your righteousness to the son of the king.
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He will judge Your people in
1arighteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
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The mountains will bear
apeace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.
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He will judge the poor of the people;
He will save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.
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They will fear You as long as the sun endures
And as long as the moon endures
Throughout the generations.
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72:6
He will
1drop like rain upon mown grass,
Like abundant
ashowers dripping on the earth.
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In His days the righteous will flourish,
And there will be an abundance of peace
Until the
amoon is no more.
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72:8
And He will have
adominion from sea to sea
And from the
1bRiver unto the ends of the earth.
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The desert dwellers will bow down before Him,
And His enemies will lick the dust.
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72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the
1coastlands Will pay tribute;
The kings of Sheba and Seba
Will present
agifts.
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72:11
And all the
akings will bow down before Him;
All the nations will serve Him.
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72:12
For He will deliver the needy man when he cries,
And the poor man who has no one to help him.
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He will have pity on the weak and needy,
And the souls of the needy He will save.
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72:14
From oppression and violence
He will redeem their soul,
And their blood will be
aprecious in His sight.
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72:15
So He shall live and to Him shall be given
The
agold of Sheba;
And prayer shall be made continually for Him;
He shall be blessed all the day long.
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72:16
There will be an abundance of grain on the earth,
Even at the tops of the mountains.
Its fruit will wave like
the forests of Lebanon,
And those of the city will blossom like the foliage of the earth.
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72:17
His name will be forever;
As long as the sun endures, His name will spread;
And
men will be
ablessed in Him;
All the nations will call Him
bblessed.
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72:18
1aBlessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel,
Who alone does wondrous deeds;
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And blessed be His glorious name forever;
And may His
aglory fill the whole earth.
bAmen and Amen.
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72:20
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
