Psalms 72:14-16 in English

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:

¹⁵ And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They shall bless him all the day long.

¹⁶ There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof was every morning.

¹⁵ If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.

¹⁶ And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

¹⁴ He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

¹⁶ There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

¹⁶ There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof was every morning.

¹⁵ If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of your children.

¹⁶ And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

¹⁴ He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; and precious shall their blood be in his sight:

¹⁵ And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: and men shall pray for him continually; they shall bless him all the day long.

¹⁶ There shall be abundance of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ Our kings will rescue the people from being oppressed and from being treated cruelly, because ◄their lives/they► MTY are precious to our kings.

¹⁵ I hope/desire that our kings will live a long time! I hope/desire that they will be given gold from Sheba. I desire that people will always pray for our kings and praise them all the time, every day.

¹⁶ I hope/desire that the fields will produce plenty of grain everywhere, even on the tops of the hills in the land where they rule, like the grain that grows on the hills in Lebanon. I hope/desire that the cities in Israel will be full of people like the fields are full of grass.

¹⁴ For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof was every morning.

¹⁵ If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of your children.

¹⁶ And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶ Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶ Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶ Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

¹⁵ May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.

¹⁶ May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

¹⁴ He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵ And he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually: all the day shall he be blessed.

¹⁶ There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.

¹⁴ And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.

¹⁵ If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.

¹⁶ I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:

¹⁴ He rescues them from violence and oppression, for their lives mean so much to him.

¹⁵ May he live long! May the gold from Sheba be given to him. May people always pray for him and bless him all day long.

¹⁶ May there be plenty of grain in the land, even growing on mountain-tops. May the fruit on the trees sway like the trees of Lebanon. May the people in the city flourish like grass in a field.

¹⁴ He shall redeeme their soules from deceite and violence, and deare shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵ Yea, he shall liue, and vnto him shall they giue of the golde of Sheba: they shall also pray for him continually, and dayly blesse him.

¹⁶ An handfull of corne shall be sowen in the earth, euen in the toppe of the mountaines, and the fruite thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall florish out of the citie like the grasse of the earth.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence, and precious will their blood be in his sight;

¹⁵ That they may live, and that he may give them of the gold of Sheba, that they may pray for him continually, yea, bless him all the day.

¹⁶ May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: And precious shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: Prayer also shall be made for him continually; And daily shall he be praised.

¹⁶ There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ From wrong and violence will he deliver their soul; and precious shall their blood be in his eyes.

¹⁵ And he shall live; and he will give him of the gold of Sheba: and he will pray in his behalf continually; all the time will he bless him.

¹⁶ There shall be an abundance of corn in the land; upon the top of the mountains its fruit shall shake like the trees of Lebanon; and men shall blossom out of the city like herbs of the earth.

¹⁴ For I was plagued all the day, And my reproof was every morning.

¹⁵ If I said, I will speak thus; Behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.

¹⁶ And I undertook to understand this, But it is too hard for me,

¹⁴ He shall redeem them from deceit and violence, And their blood shall be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He shall prosper, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; Prayer also shall be made for him continually, And daily shall he be praised.

¹⁶ There shall be an abundance of corn in the land; Its fruit shall shake like Lebanon, even on the tops of the mountains; And they of the cities shall flourish as the grass of the earth.

¹⁴ He redeems them from wrong and from violence, for dear is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵ Long may he live; and may gold of Sheba be given him; prayer, too, be made for him ceaselessly, all the day long may men bless him.

¹⁶ May the land have abundance of corn, to the tops of the hills may it wave. May the fruit thereof flourish like Lebanon, may men spring from the city like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ He redeems them from wrong and from violence, for dear is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵ Long may he live; and may gold of Sheba be given him; prayer, too, be made for him ceaselessly, all the day long may men bless him.

¹⁶ May the land have abundance of corn, to the tops of the hills may it wave. May the fruit thereof flourish like Lebanon, may men spring from the city like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

¹⁶ There shall be an abundance of corn throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field outside the city.

¹⁴ He redeems their lives from oppression and violence, and their blood is precious in his sight.

¹⁵ May he live! May the gold of Sheba be given to him. May people always pray for him; may God bless him all day long.

¹⁶ May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the mountaintops may their crops wave. May the fruit of it be like Lebanon; may the people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶ Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶ Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall be their blood in his sight.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

¹⁶ There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶ Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

¹⁵ He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.

¹⁶ Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

¹⁴ He shall again-buy the souls of them from usuries, and wickedness; and the name of them is honourable before him.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and men shall give to him of the gold of Arabia; and they shall ever worship of him, all day they shall bless him.

¹⁶ Steadfastness shall be in the earth, in the highest place of mountains; the fruit thereof shall be enhanced above the Lebanon; and they shall blossom from the city, as the hay of earth doeth.

¹⁴ He shall again-buy the souls of them from usuries, and wickedness; and the name of them is honourable before him.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and men shall give to him of the gold of Arabia; and they shall ever worship of him, all day they shall bless him. (And long may he live, and may men give to him the gold of Sheba; they shall worship him forever, all day long they shall bless him.)

¹⁶ Steadfastness shall be in the earth, in the highest place of mountains; the fruit thereof shall be enhanced above the Lebanon; and they shall blossom from the city, as the hay of earth doeth. (May corn grow in all the earth, even on the highest places of the mountains; may the crops there be numbered above that of Lebanon; and may the people in the city increase like the hay, or the grass, in the fields.)

¹⁴ From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

¹⁵ And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him.

¹⁶ There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.