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The Reign of the Righteous King.

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

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

^3 (F1)May the mountains bring ^(F2)(C1)peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.

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

^5 (F1)May they fear You ^(C1)while the sun shines,
And ^(F2)as long as the moon shines, throughout 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,
As well as an ^(C2)abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

⁸ May he also rule ^(C1)from sea to sea,
And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

^9 (F1)May ^(C1)the nomads of the desert ^(C2)bow before him,
And his enemies ^(C3)lick the dust.

^10 (F1)May the kings of ^(C1)Tarshish and of the ^(F2)(C2)islands bring gifts;
May the kings of ^(C3)Sheba and ^(C4)Seba ^(C5)offer tributes.

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

¹² For he will ^(C1)save 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 he will save the ^(F1)lives of the needy.

¹⁴ He will ^(F1)(C1)rescue their ^(F2)life from oppression and violence,
And their blood will be ^(C2)precious in his sight;

¹⁵ So may he live, and may the ^(C1)gold of Sheba be given to him;
And ^(F1)they are to pray for him continually;
^(F2)They are to bless him all day long.

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

¹⁷ May his ^(C1)name endure forever;
May his name produce descendants ^(F1)(C2)as long as the sun shines;
And may people ^(C3)wish blessings on themselves by him;
^(C4)May all nations call him blessed.

^18 (C1)Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel,
Who alone ^(C2)works wonders.

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 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.