The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined, Psalm 72
PSAL. LXXII.
GIve the king thy judgements, O God, and thy righteousnesse unto the kings son.
2 He shall judge thy people with righteousnesse, and thy poor with judgement.
THy judgement give the king, O God, his son thy righteousnesse:
2 with right he shall thy people judge, thy poor with uprightnes.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people: and the little hils, by righteousnesse.
3 The mountains then they shall bring forth unto the people peace,
And likewise shall the little hills, this do by righteousnesse.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressour.
4 Hee'l of the people judge the poor, he of the needy shall
The children save, th'oppressour he shall break in pieces small.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
5 Throughout all generations they shall thee fear most sure;
As long as shall the Sun and Moon still in their course endure.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mowen grasse: as showers that water the earth.
6 He shall most graciously come down like rain that's poured forth
On the mown grasse, ev'n as the showrs that water all the earth.
7 In his dayes shall the righteous flourish: and abundance of peace so long as the Moon endureth.
7 The righteous man he in his dayes on earth shall flourish sure,
And abundance of peace so long as doth the Moon endure.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
8 From sea to sea dominion he shall have by his great worth,
And from the river als unto the ends of all the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wildernesse shall bow before him: and his enemies shall lick the dust.
9 They that dwell in the wildernesse shall bow before him thick,
And those that are his enemies, the very dust shall lick.
10 The kings of Tarshish, and of the Isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
10 The Kings of Tarshish and of Isles shall bring him presents all,
Both Shebas and the Sebas Kings gifts to him offer shall.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: and all nations shall serve him.
11 Yea, all that are appointed Kings before him down shall fall;
And likewise all the Nations yeeld to him service shall.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cryeth: the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
12 For he the needy when he cryes deliver safely shall,
The poor also, and him that heer no helper hath at all▪
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
13 The man that poor and needy is he shall in merey spare,
And also he shall save the souls of those that needy are.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their bloud be in his sight.
14 Both from deceit and violence their soul redeem shall he,
And also in his sight their bloud most precious shall be.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually, and dayly shall he be praised.
15 To him shall Shebas gold be giv'n, and so then live shall he:
For him als pray'r shall be made still, he daily prais'd shall be.
16 There shall be an handfull of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains:
16 There shall of corn into the earth a little handfull …ye,
And that upon the very tops of mountains that are hye:
The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon, and they of the city shall flourish like grasse of the earth.
The fruit thereof like Lebanon shall shake, and flourish forth
They of the city shall like grasse that is upon the earth.
17 His Name shall endure for ever: his Name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
17 For ever shall his Name endure last as the Sun it shall,
In him men shall be blest, and him all Nations blest shall call.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doth wondrous things.
18 Now blessed be the Lord our God, the God of Israel,
Who only doth the things perform in wonders that excell.
19 And blessed be his glorious Name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
19 His glorious Name be blest for ay… ▪ and let the whole earth then
So with his glory filled be: Amen, yea, and Amen.