Psalms 72:1-10

¹A psalm written by Solomon. O God, enable me, the king whom you appointed in Israel, to rule justly. Show/Teach me how to judge matters fairly

²in order that I will judge your people fairly, that I will govern your oppressed people justly.

³I desire that all over the country—even on the hills and mountains DOU— people will live peacefully and righteously.

⁴Help me, your king, to defend the poor people and to rescue needy people and to defeat those who oppress them.

⁵I desire that your people will revere you as long as the moon shines, forever.

⁶I desire that my rule will be enjoyed by the people SIM like they enjoy rain on growing crops, like they enjoy showers that fall on the land.

⁷I hope/desire that people will live righteously during the years that I rule, and that my people will live peacefully and prosperously as long as the moon shines.

⁸I hope/desire that the kings of Israel will rule the people in all the area from one sea in the east to another in the west, and from the Euphrates River to the most remote/distant places on earth.

⁹I hope/desire that those who live in the desert will bow down before them, and that ttheir enemies will throw themselves on the ground in submission to them.

¹⁰I hope/desire that the kings of Spain and of the islands in the Mediterranean Sea will bring ◄tribute money/taxes► to the kings of Israel, and that the kings of Sheba to the south and of Seba to the southwest will bring them gifts.