1 Endow the king with justice, LORD,
the royal son with righteousness.
2 Your people, your afflicted ones,
he’ll judge with truth and uprightness.
3 The mountains will bring peace to them,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 He will defend and save the poor,
and crush all those who have oppressed.
5 As long as sun and moon endure,
so will he live time without end.
6 He’ll be like showers on the earth,
like rains that on mown fields descend.
7 The righteous then will blossom forth
throughout his everlasting reign;
until the moon no longer shines,
peace in abundance will remain.
8 From sea to sea he will hold sway
and from the River to earth’s end.
9 His enemies will lick the dust,
and desert tribes the knee will bend.
10 Then Tarshish and the distant shores
will send the tribute of their kings;
Sheba’s and Seba’s kings will come
and bring to him their offerings.
The psalm continues at Psalm 72B,
– Sing Psalms, alt.
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