Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 72 - New International Version (2024)

Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

¹Endow the king with your justice,^(A) O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
²May he judge your people in righteousness,^(B)
your afflicted ones with justice.

³May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
⁴May he defend the afflicted^(C) among the people
and save the children of the needy;^(D)
may he crush the oppressor.^(E)
5May he endure^[a](F) as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.^(G)
6May he be like rain^(H) falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
⁷In his days may the righteous flourish^(I)
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea
and from the River^[b](J) to the ends of the earth.^(K)
9May the desert tribes bow before him
and his enemies lick the dust.
¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish^(L) and of distant shores^(M)
bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba^(N) and Seba
present him gifts.^(O)
11May all kings bow down^(P) to him
and all nations serve^(Q) him.

¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
¹³He will take pity^(R) on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
¹⁴He will rescue^(S) them from oppression and violence,
for precious^(T) is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live!
May gold from Sheba^(U) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
and bless him all day long.^(V)
16May grain^(W) abound throughout the land;
on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(X) flourish like Lebanon^(Y)
and thrive^[c] like the grass of the field.^(Z)
17May his name endure forever;^(AA)
may it continue as long as the sun.^(AB)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,^[d]
and they will call him blessed.^(AC)

¹⁸Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,^(AD)
who alone does marvelous deeds.^(AE)
19Praise be to his glorious name^(AF) forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.^(AG)
Amen and Amen.^(AH)

²⁰This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.^(AI)

Footnotes

1. Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared
2. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
3. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
4. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)

Cross references

1. Psalm 72:1 : S Dt 1:16; S Ps 9:8
2. Psalm 72:2 : Isa 9:7; 11:4-5; 16:5; 32:1; 59:17; 63:1; Jer 23:5; 33:15
3. Psalm 72:4 : S Ps 9:12; 76:9; Isa 49:13
4. Psalm 72:4 : ver 13; Isa 11:4; 29:19; 32:7
5. Psalm 72:4 : S Ps 27:11
6. Psalm 72:5 : 1Sa 13:13
7. Psalm 72:5 : Ps 33:11
8. Psalm 72:6 : S Dt 32:2
9. Psalm 72:7 : Ps 92:12; Pr 14:11
10. Psalm 72:8 : S Ex 23:31; S 1Ki 4:21
11. Psalm 72:8 : Zec 9:10
12. Psalm 72:10 : S Ge 10:4
13. Psalm 72:10 : S Est 10:1
14. Psalm 72:10 : S Ge 10:7
15. Psalm 72:10 : S 1Ki 9:16; S 2Ch 9:24
16. Psalm 72:11 : S Ge 27:29
17. Psalm 72:11 : S Ezr 1:2
18. Psalm 72:13 : Isa 60:10; Joel 2:18; Lk 10:33
19. Psalm 72:14 : Ps 69:18; Eze 13:23; 34:10
20. Psalm 72:14 : 1Sa 26:21
21. Psalm 72:15 : S Ge 10:7
22. Psalm 72:15 : S Ps 35:28
23. Psalm 72:16 : S Ge 27:28; Ps 4:7
24. Psalm 72:16 : Isa 4:2; 27:6; Eze 34:27
25. Psalm 72:16 : Ps 92:12; 104:16
26. Psalm 72:16 : S Nu 22:4; Isa 44:4; 58:11; 66:14
27. Psalm 72:17 : S Ex 3:15
28. Psalm 72:17 : Ps 89:36
29. Psalm 72:17 : S Ge 12:3; Lk 1:48
30. Psalm 72:18 : 1Ch 29:10; Ps 41:13; 106:48; Lk 1:68
31. Psalm 72:18 : S Job 5:9
32. Psalm 72:19 : S 2Sa 7:26
33. Psalm 72:19 : Nu 14:21
34. Psalm 72:19 : S Ps 41:13
35. Psalm 72:20 : S Ru 4:17