72 O God, give your judgments to the king,
and your righteousness to the king’s son.
² May he judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice.
³ Let the mountains yield prosperity^[b] for the people,
and the hills in righteousness.
⁴ May he provide justice for the poor of the people,
save the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor.
⁵ May he live long^[c] while the sun endures^[d]
as long as the moon^[e] for all generations.^[f]
6 May he descend like rain on mown grass,
like showers watering the earth.
⁷ May what is right blossom in his days
and an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
⁸ And may he rule from sea up to sea,
and from the River^[g] to the edges of the land.
⁹ Let the desert dwellers bow down before him,
and his enemies lick the dust.
¹⁰ Let the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute.
Let the kings of Sheba and Seba present gifts,
¹¹ and let all kings bow down to him.
Let all nations serve him.
¹² Indeed he will deliver the needy who is crying for help,
and the afflicted who has no helper.
¹³ He will take pity on the helpless and needy,
and the lives of the needy he will save.
¹⁴ From oppression and from violence
he will redeem their lives,
and their blood will be precious in his eyes.
¹⁵ So may he live, and may gold from Sheba be given to him,
and may prayers be offered for him continually.
May blessings be invoked for him all day long.^[h]
16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land
even on the top of the mountains.
May his crop^[i] sway like the trees of Lebanon,
and may those from the city blossom like the grass of the earth.
¹⁷ May his name endure forever.
May his name increase as long as the sun shines,^[j]
and let them be blessed in him.
Let all nations call him blessed.
¹⁸ Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,
who alone does wonderful things.
¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious name forever,
and may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and Amen.
²⁰ The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are completed.