Psalms 71:1-13

¹For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, And thy righteousness to the king’s son;

²That he may judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with judgment.

³Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:

⁴He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, And save the children of the needy; And shall bring low the false accuser.

⁵And he shall continue as long as the sun, And before the moon forever.

⁶He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; And as drops falling upon the earth.

⁷In his days shall righteousness spring up; And abundance of peace till the moon be removed.

⁸And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, And from the river to the ends of the earth.

⁹The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, shall bring presents: The kings of the Arabians and Seba shall offer gifts.

¹¹And all kings shall worship him; All the Gentiles shall serve him.

¹²For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; And the needy who had no helper.

¹³He shall spare the poor and needy, And shall deliver the souls of the needy.