Psalm 72, Chant B
Psalm 72 Deus, judicium
1 Give the King your justice, O God, *
and your righteousness to the King’s Son;
2 That he may rule your people right-eously *
and the poor with jus-tice.
3 That the mountains may bring prosperity to the peo-ple, *
and the little hills bring right-eousness.
4 He shall defend the needy among the peo-ple; *
he shall rescue the poor and crush the op-pres-sor.
5 He shall live as long as the sun and moon en-dure, *
from one generation to a-no-ther.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown field, *
like showers that water the earth.
7 In his time shall the righteous flour-ish; *
there shall be abundance of peace till the moon shall be no more.
8 He shall rule from sea to sea, *
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
9 His foes shall bow down be-fore him, *
and his enemies lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall pay tri-bute, *
and the kings of Arabia and Saba of-fer gifts.
11 All kings shall bow down be-fore him, *
and all the nations do him ser-vice.
12 For he shall deliver the poor who cries out in dis-tress, *
and the oppressed who has no help-er.
13 He shall have pity on the lowly and poor; *
he shall preserve the lives of the need-y.
14 He shall redeem their lives from oppression and vi-olence, *
and dear shall their blood be in his sight.
15 Long may he live! and may there be given to him gold from A-ra-bia; *
may prayer be made for him always, and may they bless him all the day long.
16 May there be abundance of grain on the earth, growing thick even on the hill-tops; *
may its fruit flourish like Lebanon, and its grain like grass upon the earth.
17 May his Name remain for ever and be established as long as the sun en-dures; *
may all the nations bless themselves in him and call him bles-sed.
18 Blessed be the Lord GOD, the God of Is-rael, *
who alone does won-drous deeds!
19 And blessed be his glorious Name for ev-er! *
and may all the earth be filled with his glory. A-men. A-men.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for e-ver. A-men.