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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 72 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/72.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/72-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Psalm 72</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/71.htm" title="Psalm 71">◄</a> Psalm 72 <a href="../psalms/73.htm" title="Psalm 73">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/72-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Endow the King with Your Justice<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/3.htm">1 Kings 3:1–15</a>; <a href ="../2_chronicles/1.htm">2 Chronicles 1:1–13</a>; <a href ="../psalms/45.htm">Psalm 45:1–17</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>To Solomon. O God, thou wilt give thy judgments to the king, and thy justice to the king's son.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He shall judge thy people in justice, and thy poor in judgment.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The mountains shall lift up peace to the people, and the hills in justice.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He shall judge the poor of the people, and save to the sons of the needy, and he will break in pieces him oppressing.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they shall fear thee with the sun and before the moon, generation of generations.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He shall come down as rain upon a fleece, as showers of pouring rain upon the earth.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The just one shall break forth in his days, and a multitude of peace even till no moon.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he shall rule from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Inhabitants of the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The kings of Tarshish and the islands shall turn back a gift, the kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring a present.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And all kings shall worship to him: all nations shall serve him.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For we will deliver the needy from the powerful one, and the poor and no helper to him.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He will spare for the poor and the needy, and he will save the souls of the needy.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood shall be precious in his eyes.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he shall live, and there shall be given to him from the gold of Sheba: and there shall always be supplications for him; all the day shall they praise him.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>There shall be diffusion of grain in the earth upon the head of the mountains; its fruit shall shake as Lebanon, and they shall blossom from the city as the grass of the earth.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>His name shall be forever: his name shall flourish before the sun: and they shall be praised in him: all nations shall pronounce him happy.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Praised be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, doing wonders himself alone.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And praised be the name of his glory forever; and his glory shall fill all the earth. Amen and Amen.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/72-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The prayers of David son of Jesse were completed.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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