By Sulayman1.
1God2, give the king your justice;
Your righteousness to the royal son.
2He will judge your people with righteousness,
And your poor with justice.
3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people.
The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
4He will judge the poor of the people.
He will save the children of the needy,
And will break the oppressor in pieces.
5They shall fear you while the sun endures;
And as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
6He will come down like rain on the mown grass,
As showers that water the earth.
7In his days, the righteous shall flourish,
And abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
From the River to the ends of the earth.
9Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him.
His enemies shall lick the dust.
10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute.
The kings of Saba3 and Seba shall offer gifts.
11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him.
All nations shall serve him.
12For he will deliver the needy when he cries;
The poor, who has no helper.
13He will have pity on the poor and needy.
He will save the souls of the needy.
14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence.
Their blood will be precious in his sight.
15They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Saba.
Men shall pray for him continually.
They shall bless him all day long.
16There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land.
Its fruit sways like Lebanon.
Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
17His Name endures forever.
His Name continues as long as the sun.
Men shall be blessed by him.
All nations will call him blessed.
18Praise be to YAHWEH4 God, the God of Israel,
Who alone does marvelous deeds.
19Praise be to his glorious Name forever!
Let the whole earth be filled with his glory!
Amen and amen.
20This ends the prayers of Dawud5 son of Jesse.
- 72:title Sulayman, this Arabic name and the name Solomon are both derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo which means “peace.” ↩︎
- 72:1 God, in Hebrew elohim, which is related to the Arabic allah. Both words translate correctly as “God,” referring to the one true God. ↩︎
- 72:10 Saba, or Sheba. ↩︎
- 72:18 YAHWEH, God’s personal Name revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15: ‘God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.”’ ↩︎
- 72:20 Dawud, this Arabic name is derived from David (Hebrew) and means “Beloved.” ↩︎