*Psalms 72

₁O God, please teach the king

to be fair and righteous, like You are.

₂We pray that he will rule

fairly over your people and that

he will judge poor people

in the way that You want him to do.

₃Let there be peace and a lot of

food in the land,

and on all the mountains and hills.

₄Let the king do what is right

to poor people and save

their children and punish those

who oppress other people.

₅O God, let the king fear

and serve You for as long

as the sun and the moon shine,

in this generation and

in all the generations to come.

₆Let the king be to his people

like rain on the land

where there is little grass,

and like a lot of rain

that waters the dry earth.

₇Please let all go well with

the people who live in the right way and

let there be peace for all

for as long as the king lives,

as long as the moon is there.

₈Let the king rule

from the big sea to the other sea

on the other side of the Euphrates River

and to the furthest places on earth.

₉Let the people who live in the desert

come and bow before the king.

His enemies must come and lie down

on the dust in front of him.

₁₀Let the kings of Tarshish

and the islands come

and bring him gifts.

Let the kings of the lands of

Sheba and Seba pay taxes to him.

₁₁Let all the kings bow down

before him and let all the nations serve him.

₁₂Because the king will save

the poor people who ask him for help,

and the people who can not

help themselves and

have no one to help them.

₁₃He will feel sorry for the poor people

and those who have nothing,

and he will save the lives of the weak people.

₁₄He will save them from cruel people

who oppress them and make them suffer.

The lives of the poor people are

very important and precious to the king.

₁₅Let the king live for a long time

and let people bring him

gold from Sheba.

Let the people always pray

that God will bless the king

and be with him every day.

₁₆Please let there always be

a lot of wheat in the wheat_fields.

It must cover all the hills,

and it must grow like the plants

on the Lebanon Mountains.

Let there be a lot of people in the cities,

as many as the grass in the fields.

₁₇Let the people always

remember the king,

and let him be famous

for as long as the sun shines.

Lord, bless all the nations

because of the king,

and let them all pray that

he will be happy.

₁₈Praise the Lord,

the God of Israel.

Only He does wonderful

and amazing things.

₁₉Praise the name of the Lord,

the great King, forever.

The whole world must know that

He is King and all the people

must see how wonderful He is.

Amen, yes, amen.