Psalm LXXII

Lord, give thy judgments to the King,
[And to] his son thy righteousness:

With right he shall thy people judge,
Thy poor with [truth and] uprightness.

Then shall the mountains great and firm
Bring to the [neighbour] people peace;
So also shall the little hills
By [pleasant] fruits of righteousness.

The poorest people he shall judge,
And [he shall] save the poor and weak;
And those that their oppressors are,
[Cast down] he shall in pieces break.

And even from age to age shall they
Reverence thy name, and [fear thy] might
As long as Sun doth shine by day,
Or [as the] Moon doth shine by night.

He shall come down like fruitful rain
Upon the [grounds of] late mown grass;
And as for watering the dry earth,
Refreshing showers [from heav'n] do pass.

Just men shall flourish in his days,
And [all shall] have abundant peace;
And this continued shall be
Until the Moon [to shine] doth cease.

His great and blest dominion shall
[Widely] from Sea to Sea extend;
And from the River it shall reach
To the earth's [remote] utmost end.

Those that dwell in the wilderness,
[Humbly] bow down before him must;
And they that are his enemies
Must crowch and lick the [very] dust.

The Kings of Tarshish and the Isles
To him shall [costly] Presents bring;
The King of Sheba and Seba
[Shall send] their gifts and offering.

Yea all the greatest Kings on earth
Shall [prostrate] down before him fall;
The many nations of the world
Shall [also] humbly serve him all.

The weak and needy he will save,
When they [for help] to him do call;
Also the poor and forlorn man,
That hath no [humane] help at all.

Those that are low and indigent
He shall in [tender] mercy spare,
And (not oppress, but) save the souls
Of them that [weak and] needy are.

Their souls from fraud and violence
His [pow'r and] mercy shall redeem;
Their blood he shall not vilifie,
But [it as] precious shall esteem.

He shall live, and to him shall be
Presented Sheba's [finest] gold;
He shall be pray'd, for constantly
And daily be [his praise] extoll'd,

The corn that grows on mountain tops
[Prosp'ring] the reaper's hand shall fill;
The fruit thereof shall wave and shake
Like trees on [woody] Lebanon hill.
His City shall be flourishing,
With [store of] Citizens abound;
Even as the green and plenteous grass
Doth flourish on the [fertile] ground.

His name shall last: His father's name
By him [his son] continue shall;
And men in him shall blessed be,
All nations [him shall] blessed call.

And blessed be his holy name
For ever by all [living] men:

And with his glory let the earth
Be [wholly] fill'd: Amen, Amen.