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Help him to defend the poor and needy and to crush their oppressors. May the poor and needy revere you constantly, as long as sun and moon continue in the skies! Yes, forever!

May the reign of this son of mine[a] be as gentle and fruitful as the springtime rains upon the grass—like showers that water the earth!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:6 this son of mine. The reference seems to look beyond Solomon’s son to Jesus the Messiah.

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