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Give the King Your Judgments

¹ O God, give the king ^(C1)Your judgments,
And ^(C2)Your righteousness to the king's son.

^2 (F1)May ^(F2)he ^(C1)render judgment to Your people with righteousness
And ^(C2)Your ^(F3)afflicted with justice.

³ Let the mountains lift up ^(F1)(C1)peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.

^4 (F1)May he ^(C1)give justice to the ^(F2)afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy,
And crush the oppressor.

^5 (F1)Let them fear You ^(C1)while the sun endures,
And ^(F2)as long as the moon, from generation to all generations.

^6 (F1)May he come down ^(C1)like rain upon the mown grass,
Like ^(C2)showers that water the earth.

^7 (F1)May the ^(C1)righteous flourish in his days,
And ^(C2)abundance of peace until the moon is no more.

⁸ May he also have dominion ^(C1)from sea to sea
And from the River to the ends of the earth.

^9 (F1)Let ^(C1)the desert creatures ^(C2)kneel before him,
And his enemies ^(C3)lick the dust.

^10 (F1)Let the kings of ^(C1)Tarshish and of the ^(C2)coastlands bring a present;
The kings of ^(C3)Sheba and ^(C4)Seba ^(C5)offer tribute.

^11 (F1)And let all ^(C1)kings bow down to him,
All ^(C2)nations serve him.

¹² For he will ^(C1)deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The ^(F1)afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

¹³ He will have ^(C1)compassion on the poor and needy,
And the ^(F1)lives of the needy he will save.

¹⁴ He will ^(C1)redeem their ^(F1)life from oppression and violence,
And their blood will be ^(C2)precious in his sight;

¹⁵ So may he live! And may they give to him the ^(C1)gold of Sheba;
And let each pray for him continually;
Let each bless him all day long.

¹⁶ May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;
May its fruit wave like the cedars of ^(C1)Lebanon;
And may those from the city blossom like ^(C2)vegetation of the earth.

¹⁷ May his ^(C1)name endure forever;
May his name ^(F1)increase ^(F2)(C2)as long as the sun shines;
Let all nations ^(F3)(C3)be blessed in him;
^(C4)Let all nations call him blessed.

^18 (C1)Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,
Who alone ^(C2)works wondrous deeds.

¹⁹ And blessed be His ^(C1)glorious name forever;
And may the whole ^(C2)earth be filled with His glory.
^(C3)Amen, and Amen.

^20 (F1)The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are completed.