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Psalms 72

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 <Of Solomon.> Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

3 May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

5 May his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through all generations.

6 May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

7 In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.

8 Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

9 Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.

11 Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants.

12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

15 May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.

16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.

18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders.

19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.

20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.>

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 2 (Of Sh’lomo). Give HaMelech Thy mishpatim, O Elohim, and Thy tzedakah unto the Ben Melech.

2 He shall judge Thy people with tzedek, and Thy poor with mishpat.

3 The harim (mountains) shall bear shalom to the people, and geva’ot (hills) in tzedakah.

4 He shall judge the poor of the people; yoshia (He shall save) the bnei evyon (children of the needy), and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

5 They shall fear Thee as long as the shemesh and yarei’ach endure, dor dorim (throughout all generations).

6 He shall come down like matar (rain) upon the mown field, as showers watering eretz.

7 In his yamim shall the tzaddik flourish; and abundance of shalom so long as the yarei’ach endureth.

8 He [Moshiach Ben Dovid] shall have dominion also from yam to yam, and from nahar (river) unto the afsei eretz (the ends of the earth).

9 They that dwell in the desert shall bow before him; and his oyevim (enemies) shall lick the aphar (dust).

10 The melachim of Tarshish and of the iyim (islands) shall bring minchah (tribute); the melachim of Sheva and Seva shall offer gifts.

11 Kol melachim shall fall down before him [Moshiach]; kol Goyim shall serve him.

12 For he shall deliver the evyon (needy) when he crieth; the oni (poor, afflicted) also, and him that hath no ozer (helper).

13 He shall pity the weak and evyon (needy), and yoshi’a (he shall save) the nefashot of the evyonim (needy).

14 He shall be the Go’el Redeemer of their nefesh from deceit and chamas; and precious shall their dahm be in his sight.

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the zahav of Sheva; and prayer shall be for him continually; and daily shall a brocha be made on him.

16 There shall be an abundance of grain on ha’aretz upon the top of the harim (mountains); the fruit thereof shall shake [in the trees like in] Levanon; and they of the city shall flourish like esev ha’aretz.

17 Shmo (His Name) shall endure l’olam; Shmo shall be continued as long as the shemesh; and men shall be blessed in him; kol Goyim shall call him blessed.

18 Baruch Hashem Elohim, Elohei Yisroel, who only doeth nifla’ot (wondrous things).

19 And baruch Shem kevodo l’olam (and blessed be His Glorious Name forever); and let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Omein, and Omein.

20 The tefillot Dovid Ben Yishai are ended. [T.N. The next Psalm concerns a revelation received in the Holy Place, namely the fate of the wicked whose prosperity is delusional since the riches of G-d’s house is wealth they can never attain to, revealing their true eternal poverty. See Ps 73:24 on afterlife in G-d’s presence.]