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. | |