Give the King Your Justice

Of qSolomon.

¹Give the king your rjustice, O God,

and your righteousness to the royal son!

²May he sjudge your people with righteousness,

and your poor with justice!

³Let the mountains bear tprosperity for the people,

and the hills, in righteousness!

⁴May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,

give deliverance to the children of the needy,

and crush the oppressor!

⁵May they fear you1 while uthe sun endures,

and as long as the moon, vthroughout all generations!

⁶May he be like wrain that falls on xthe mown grass,

like yshowers that water the earth!

⁷In his days may zthe righteous flourish,

and apeace abound, till the moon be no more!

⁸May he have dominion from bsea to sea,

and from bthe River2 to the cends of the earth!

⁹May desert tribes dbow down before him,

and his enemies elick the dust!

¹⁰May the kings of fTarshish and of gthe coastlands

render him htribute;

may the kings of iSheba and jSeba

bring gifts!

¹¹May all kings kfall down before him,

all nations serve him!

¹²For he delivers lthe needy when he calls,

the poor and him who has no helper.

¹³He has pity on the weak and the needy,

and saves the lives of the needy.

¹⁴From oppression and violence he redeems their life,

and mprecious is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live;

may ngold of Sheba be given to him!

May prayer be made ofor him continually,

and blessings invoked for him all the day!

¹⁶May there be abundance of grain in the land;

on the tops of the mountains may it wave;

may its fruit be like Lebanon;

and may people pblossom in the cities

like the qgrass of the field!

¹⁷rMay his name endure forever,

his fame continue as long as the sun!

sMay people be blessed in him,

tall nations call him blessed!

¹⁸uBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

who alone does vwondrous things.

¹⁹Blessed be his wglorious name forever;

may xthe whole earth be filled with his glory!

yAmen and Amen!

²⁰zThe prayers of aDavid, the son of Jesse, are ended.