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Psalm 72

Prayer for Guidance and Support for the King

Of Solomon.

Give the king your justice, O God,
    and your righteousness to a king’s son.
May he judge your people with righteousness,
    and your poor with justice.

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Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

Endow the king with your justice,(A) O God,
    the royal son with your righteousness.
May he judge your people in righteousness,(B)
    your afflicted ones with justice.

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In his days may righteousness flourish
    and peace abound, until the moon is no more.

May he have dominion from sea to sea,
    and from the River to the ends of the earth.

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In his days may the righteous flourish(A)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River[a](B) to the ends of the earth.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates

12 For he delivers the needy when they call,
    the poor and those who have no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
    and saves the lives of the needy.

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12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
    the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity(A) on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.

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17 May his name endure for ever,
    his fame continue as long as the sun.
May all nations be blessed in him;[a]
    may they pronounce him happy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:17 Or bless themselves by him

17 May his name endure forever;(A)
    may it continue as long as the sun.(B)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,[a]
    and they will call him blessed.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)