72 - Deus, judicium

1  Give the King your judgments, O God, *
and your righteousness to the King’s son.

2  Then shall he judge your people with righteousness *
and defend the poor with justice.

3  The mountains also shall bring peace, *
and the little hills righteousness to the people.

4  He shall vindicate the poor among the people, *
defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

5  They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, *
from one generation to another.

6  He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass, *
even as showers that water the earth.

7  In his time shall the righteous flourish, *
even an abundance of peace, so long as the moon endures.

8  His dominion shall be also from one sea to the other, *
and from the river unto the world’s end.

9  Those who dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him; *
his enemies shall lick the dust.

10  The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall give presents; *
the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring gifts.

11  All kings shall fall down before him; *
all nations shall do him service.

12  For he shall deliver the poor when he cries, *
the needy also, and the one that has no helper.

13  He shall be favorable to the lowly and needy, *
and shall preserve the lives of the poor.

14  He shall deliver them from falsehood and wrong, *
and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

15  Long may he live! And unto him shall be given the gold of Arabia; *
prayer shall ever be made unto him, and daily shall he be blessed.

16  There shall be an abundance of grain on the earth, thick upon the hilltops; *
its fruit shall flourish like Lebanon, its grain like the grass upon the earth.

17  His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain as long as the sun. *
All the nations shall be blessed through him and shall call him blessed.

18  Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel, *
who alone does wondrous things;

19  And blessed be the Name of his majesty for ever; *
and all the earth shall be filled with his majesty. Amen, Amen.