诗篇 72
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
祈愿王公正仁慈的治理永存
所罗门的诗。
72 神啊！求你把你的公正赐给王，
把你的公义赐给王子。（本节在《马索拉文本》包括细字标题）
2 他要按着公义审判你的子民，
凭着公正审判你的困苦人。
3 因着公义，
愿大山和小山都给人民带来和平。
4 他必为民间的困苦人伸冤，
拯救贫穷人，
粉碎那欺压人的。
5 他必像日月一般长久，
直到万代（按照《马索拉文本》，本节应作“日月还在的时候，愿人都敬畏你，直到万代”；现参照《七十士译本》翻译）。
6 他必像雨降在已割的草地上，
像甘霖滋润大地。
7 他在世的日子，义人必兴旺，
四境太平，直到月亮不再重现。
8 他要执掌权柄，从这海到那海，
从大河直到地极。
9 住在旷野的人必向他屈身，
他的仇敌必舔尘土。
10 他施和海岛的列王都必带来礼物，
示巴和西巴的列王都必献上贡物。
11 众王都必向他俯伏，
万国都必服事他。
12 因为贫穷人呼求的时候，他就搭救；
没有人帮助的困苦人，他也搭救。
13 他必怜恤软弱和贫穷的人，
拯救贫穷人的性命。
14 他要救他们脱离欺凌和强暴，
他们的血在他眼中看为宝贵。
15 愿他长久活着，
愿人把示巴的金子奉给他，
愿人为他不住祷告，
终日给他祝福。
16 愿地上五谷丰登，
山顶上也都丰收；
愿地上的果实茂盛，像黎巴嫩山的树林，
愿城里的人繁衍，好象地上的青草。
17 愿他的名永远常存，
愿他的名延续像太阳的恒久；
愿万人都因他蒙福，
愿万国都称他为有福的。
18 独行奇事的以色列的 神，
就是耶和华 神，是应当称颂的。
19 他荣耀的名也是应当永远称颂的；
愿他的荣耀充满全地。
阿们，阿们。
20 耶西的儿子大卫的祷告完毕。
Psalm 72
EasyEnglish Bible
This psalm is for Solomon.
A prayer for the king[a]
72 God, please help the king
to judge people in a right way.
Help the king's son to be honest and fair,
as you are.[b]
2 Then he will rule your people in a good way,
so that even poor people receive justice.
3 The mountains and the hills will bring peace,
so that the people can live honest lives.
4 Please help the king to judge poor people fairly.
May he save the children of weak people,
and destroy those cruel people who hurt them.
5 May people always respect your authority, God,
through all time,
as long as the sun and the moon remain in the sky.[c]
6 May the king be a blessing to his people,
like rain that falls on grass that lies in the fields.
May he be like rain
that brings water to the soil.
7 While he rules as king,
those people who serve God will do well.
There will be peace in all the land,
for as long as the moon remains in the sky.
8 May the king rule everywhere,
from sea to sea,
and from the Euphrates river to the ends of the earth.[d]
9 Then people who live in the desert
will bend down to respect him.
His enemies will fall down
with their faces in the dust.
10 Kings from Spain and from other far places
will pay taxes to him.
Kings from Sheba and from Seba
will bring gifts to him.
11 All kings will bend down in front of him.
People from all nations will serve him.
12 He will rescue the poor person
who calls out to him for help.
He will save weak people
who have nobody to help them.
13 He will be kind to people who are poor and weak.
He will save them from death.
14 He will rescue them from cruel people who hurt them.
Their lives are important to him.
15 Long live the king!
May people come from Sheba to give gold to him.
May people always pray for him.
May people praise him all the time.
16 May there always be plenty of grain
that grows in the land.
May the crops grow well
on the tops of the mountains.
May the fruit trees give a lot of fruit,
as they do in Lebanon.
May all the crops grow well,
like grass that grows in a field.
17 May the king be famous for ever!
May people remember him
for as long as the sun continues to shine.
May people from all nations use his name
when they bless one another.
May they all say that God has blessed the king!
18 Praise the Lord, Israel's God,
as he deserves.
Only he does such wonderful things.
19 Praise his great name for ever!
May his glory fill the whole earth!
Amen! May that all happen!
20 This is the end of the prayers of Jesse's son, David.[e]
Footnotes
- 72:1 Maybe David wrote this psalm as a prayer for his son, Solomon. See verse 20. We can see that some of the prayers only became true when David's descendant, Jesus Christ, came to earth to be the great King.
- 72:1 The king is also the son of a king, as he belongs to a royal family.
- 72:5 Or May the king live through all time
- 72:8 The king will be so great that he will rule all the world. See Zechariah 9:10.
- 72:20 Psalm 72 finishes the Second Book of Psalms.
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