|
1O Lord, thy judgments give the king,
his son thy righteousness.
2With right he shall thy people judge,
thy poor with uprightness.
|
|
3The lofty mountains shall bring forth
unto the people peace;
Likewise
the little hills the same
shall do by righteousness.
|
|
4The people's poor ones he shall judge,
the needy's children save;
And
those shall he in pieces break
who them oppressed have.
|
|
5They shall thee fear, while sun and moon
do last, through ages all.
6Like rain on mown grass he shall drop,
or show'rs on earth that fall.
|
|
7The just shall flourish in his days,
and prosper in his reign:
He
shall, while doth the moon endure,
abundant peace maintain.
|
|
8His large and great dominion shall
from sea to sea extend:
It
from the river shall reach forth
unto earth's utmost end.
|
|
9They in the wilderness that dwell
bow down before him must;
And
they that are his enemies
shall lick the very dust.
|
|
10The kings of Tarshish, and the isles,
to him shall presents bring;
And
unto him shall offer gifts
Sheba
's and Seba's king.
|
|
11Yea, all the mighty kings on earth
before him down shall fall;
And
all the nations of the world
do service to him shall.
|
|
12For he the needy shall preserve,
when he to him doth call;
The
poor also, and him that hath
no help of man at all.
|
|
13The poor man and the indigent
in mercy he shall spare;
He
shall preserve alive the souls
of those that needy are.
|
|
14Both from deceit and violence
their soul he shall set free;
And
in his sight right precious
and dear their blood shall be.
|
|
15Yea, he shall live, and giv'n to him
shall be of Sheba's gold:
For
him still shall they pray, and he
shall daily be extoll'd.
|
|
16Of corn an handful in the earth
on tops of mountains high,
With
prosp'rous fruit shall shake, like trees
on
Lebanon
that be.
|
|
The
city shall be flourishing,
her citizens abound
In
number shall, like to the grass
that grows upon the ground.
|
|
17His name for ever shall endure;
last like the sun it shall:
Men
shall be bless'd in him, and bless'd
all nations shall him call.
|
|
18Now blessed be the Lord our God,
the God of
Israel
,
For
he alone doth wondrous works,
in glory that excel.
|
|
19And blessed be his glorious name
to all eternity:
The
whole earth let his glory fill.
Amen, so let it be.
|
