Psalm 72

New Coverdale Version

Give the King your judgments, O God, * and your righteousness to the King’s son.

Then shall he judge your people with righteousness * and defend the poor with justice.

The mountains also shall bring peace, * and the little hills righteousness to the people.

He shall vindicate the poor among the people, * defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, * from one generation to another.

He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass, * even as showers that water the earth.

In his time shall the righteous flourish, * even an abundance of peace, so long as the moon endures.

His dominion shall be also from one sea to the other, * and from the river unto the world’s end.

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him; * his enemies shall lick the dust.

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall give presents; * the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring gifts.

All kings shall fall down before him; * all nations shall do him service.

For he shall deliver the poor when he cries, * the needy also, and the one that has no helper.

He shall be favorable to the lowly and needy, * and shall preserve the lives of the poor.

He shall deliver them from falsehood and wrong, * and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

Long may he live! And unto him shall be given the gold of Arabia; * prayer shall ever be made unto him, and daily shall he be blessed.

There shall be an abundance of grain on the earth, thick upon the hilltops; * its fruit shall flourish like Lebanon, its grain like the grass upon the earth.

His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain as long as the sun. * All the nations shall be blessed through him and shall call him blessed.

Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel, * who alone does wondrous things;

And blessed be the Name of his majesty for ever; * and all the earth shall be filled with his majesty. Amen, Amen.