Psalms 71:1-17

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 for ever.

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 Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba 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.

¹⁴He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name shall be precious before him.

¹⁵And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and men shall pray for him continually; and all the day shall they praise him.

¹⁶There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.

¹⁷Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.