15 Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba(A) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.(B)
16 May grain(C) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(D) flourish like Lebanon(E)
    and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(F)
17 May his name endure forever;(G)
    may it continue as long as the sun.(H)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
  2. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

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15 And He shall live;
And the gold of (A)Sheba will be given to Him;
Prayer also will be made for Him continually,
And daily He shall be praised.

16 There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
(B)And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

17 (C)His name shall endure forever;
His name shall continue as long as the sun.
And (D)men shall be blessed in Him;
(E)All nations shall call Him blessed.

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