MENU

Psalm 72:1-4,12-20

1. Give the king your justice O God:
   and your righteousness to a king's son,
2. that he may judge your people rightly:
   and uphold the poor with justice.
3. Let the mountains bring forth peace for the people:
   and the hills prosperity with justice.
4. May the king defend the cause
   of the poor among the people:
   save the children of the needy
   and crush the oppressor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12. He shall deliver the needy when they cry:
    and the poor who have no helper.
13. He shall have pity on the weak and the needy:
    and save the lives of the poor.
14. He shall rescue them from oppression and violence:
    and their blood shall be precious in his sight.
15. Long may the king live, and receive gifts of gold from Sheba:
    may prayer be made for him continually,
    and may people bless him every day.
16. Let there be abundance of wheat in the land, growing thick up to the hilltops:
    may its crops flourish like those of Lebanon,
    and the sheaves be numberless as blades of grass.
17. May the king live forever:
    and his name endure as long as the sun.
18. May all nations pray to be blessed as he is:
    and all peoples call him blessed.
19. Blessed are you O Lord our God:
    for you alone do marvellous things.
20. Blessed be your glorious name forever:
    let the whole earth be filled with your glory.
    Amen. Amen.