New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
New International Version NIV
1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king's son.
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Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
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May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness.
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May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor.
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May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.
5 May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
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May he endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
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May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.
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In his days may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
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