LXXII. Book II. The Reign of the Righteous King. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book II

LXXII

The Reign of the Righteous King

A Psalm of Solomon.


[1]	GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
[2]	He 1 will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.
[3]	The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
[4]	He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
[5]	They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so 2 long as the moon, throughout all generations.
[6]	He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
[7]	In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.
[8]	He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.
[9]	They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.
[10]	The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
[11]	Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.
[12]	For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that 3 hath no helper.
[13]	He will have pity on the poor 4 and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.
[14]	He will redeem their soul from oppression 5 and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:
[15]	And they 6 shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They 7 shall bless him all the day long.
[16]	There shall be abundance 8 of grain in the earth 9 upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
[17]	His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be 10 continued as 11 long as the sun: And men shall be 12 blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.

[18]	Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things:
[19]	And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.

[20]	The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Note 1. Or, Let him and so throughout the Psalm. [back]

Note 2. Heb. before the moon. [back]

Note 3. Or, and him that hath. [back]

Note 4. Or, weak. [back]

Note 5. Or, fraud. [back]

Note 6. Or, he. [back]

Note 7. Or, he. [back]

Note 8. Or, a handful. [back]

Note 9. Or, land. [back]

Note 10. Or, have issue. [back]

Note 11. Heb. before the sun. [back]

Note 12. Or, bless themselves. [back]

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