Psalms 71

¹A Psalm according to Solomon

²Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment

³Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice

⁴He will judge the poor of the people, and he will bring salvation to the sons of the poor. And he will humble the false accuser

⁵And he will remain, with the sun and before the moon, from generation to generation

⁶He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth

⁷In his days, justice will rise like the sun, with abundance of peace, until the moon is taken away

⁸And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world

⁹In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts

¹¹And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him

¹²For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper

¹³He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor

¹⁴He will redeem their souls from usuries and from iniquity, and their names shall be honorable in his sight

¹⁵And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. They will bless him all day long

¹⁶And there will be a firmament on earth, at the summits of mountains: its fruits will be extolled above Lebanon, and those of the city will flourish like the grass of the earth

¹⁷May his name be blessed forever; may his name remain before the sun. And all the tribes of the earth will be blessed in him. All nations will magnify him

¹⁸Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things

¹⁹And blessed is the name of his majesty in eternity. And all the earth will be filled with his majesty. Amen. Amen

²⁰The praises of David, the son of Jesse, have reached an end