Psalm 72
Deus judicium
- GIVE the King thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the King's son.
- Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor.
- The mountains also shall bring peace, and the little hills righteousness unto the people.
- He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrong doer.
- They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon endureth, from one generation to another.
- He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass, even as the drops that water the earth.
- In his time shall the righteous flourish; yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth.
- His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end.
- They that 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 Saba shall bring gifts.
- All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service.
- For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, the needy also, and him that hath no helper.
- He shall be favourable to the simple and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor.
- He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong; and dear shall their blood be in his sight.
- He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia; prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised.
- There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.
- His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun among the posterities; which shall be blessed through him; and all the nations shall praise him.
- Blessed be the LORD God, even the God of Israel, which only doeth wondrous things;
- And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen.