² Let him judge your people with righteousness
    and your poor ones with justice.
³ Let the mountains bring peace to the people;
    let the hills bring 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!

⁶ Let him fall like rain upon fresh-cut grass,
    like showers that water the earth.
⁷ Let the righteous flourish throughout their lives,
    and let peace prosper until the moon is no more.

⁴ God will judge between the nations,
    and settle disputes of mighty nations.
Then they will beat their swords into iron plows
    and their spears into pruning tools.
Nation will not take up sword against nation;
    they will no longer learn how to make war.

⁴ He will judge the needy with righteousness,
    and decide with equity for those who suffer in the land.
He will strike the violent^[a] with the rod of his mouth;
    by the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
⁵ Righteousness will be the belt around his hips,
    and faithfulness the belt around his waist.
⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb,
    and the leopard will lie down with the young goat;
    the calf and the young lion will feed^[b] together,
    and a little child will lead them.