Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA
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1 God, give your judgments to the king. Give your righteousness to the king's son.
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Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.
2 Let him judge your people with righteousness and your poor ones with justice.
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May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.
3 Let the mountains bring peace to the people; let the hills bring righteousness.
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May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 Let the king bring justice to people who are poor; let him save the children of those who are needy, but let him crush oppressors!
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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 Let the king live as long as the sun, as long as the moon, generation to generation.
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May he endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 Let him fall like rain upon fresh-cut 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 Let the righteous flourish throughout their lives, and let peace prosper 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.
8 Let the king rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth.
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May he rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
9 Let the desert dwellers bow low before him; let his enemies lick the dust.
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May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.
10 Let the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute; let the kings of Sheba and Seba present gifts.
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May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores bring tribute to him. May the kings of Sheba and Seba present him gifts.
11 Let all the kings bow down before him; let all the nations serve him.
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May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
12 Let it be so, because he delivers the needy who cry out, the poor, and those who have no helper.
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For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He has compassion on the weak and the needy; he saves the lives of those who are in need.
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He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.
14 He redeems their lives from oppression and violence; their blood is precious in his eyes.
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He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Let the king live long! Let Sheba's gold be given to him! Let him be prayed for always! Let him be blessed all day long!
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Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.
16 Let there be abundant grain in the land. Let it wave on the mountaintops. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon. Let it thrive like grass on the land.
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May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field.
17 Let the king's name last forever. Let his name endure as long as the sun. Let all the nations be blessed through him and call him happy.
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May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him,and they will call him blessed.
18 Bless the LORD God, the God of Israel— the only one who does wondrous things!
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Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Bless God's glorious name forever; let his glory fill all the earth! Amen and Amen!
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Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
20 The prayers of David, Jesse's son, are ended.
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This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.
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