Psa 72:2-17 | ESV | STEP | May he judge your people with righteousness , and your poor with justice !

Psalms 72:2-17

2 May he ^ajudge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
3 Let the mountains bear ^bprosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness!
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!
5 May they fear you ^{▼▼Septuagint He shall endure} while ^dthe sun endures,
and as long as the moon, ^ethroughout all generations!
6 May he be like ^frain that falls on ^gthe mown grass,
like ^hshowers that water the earth!
7 In his days may ⁱthe righteous flourish,
and ^jpeace abound, till the moon be no more!
8 May he have dominion from ^ksea to sea,
and from ^lthe River ^{▼▼That is, the Euphrates} to the ⁿends of the earth!
9 May desert tribes ^obow down before him,
and his enemies ^plick the dust!
10 May the kings of ^qTarshish and of ^rthe coastlands
render him ^stribute;
may the kings of ^tSheba and ^uSeba
bring gifts!
11 May all kings ^vfall down before him,
all nations serve him!
12 For he delivers ^wthe needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and ^xprecious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he live;
may ^ygold of Sheba be given to him!
May prayer be made ^zfor him continually,
and blessings invoked for him all the day!
16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
on the tops of the mountains may it wave;
may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people ^aablossom in the cities
like the ^abgrass of the field!
17 ^acMay his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun!
^adMay people be blessed in him,
^aeall nations call him blessed!