Psalm 72

1 A Song for Peace. Teach our leader Your way of making decisions by Your law, O heavenly Judge, and show Your right way of doing things to his Son. 2 He will defend the rights of Your people properly and will give appropriate help to those who need it. 3 The larger families are included in this covenant of peace as well as the smaller families, for that is the right way to do it. 4 He will defend those who willingly submit to Him and will be generous to and take care of their children, but He will smite those who in their pride extort and defraud others. 5 Your family will respect You and tremble with joy as they see Your face for as long as the sun and moon are around. 6 You will descend on them as showers saturate the earth when it rains. 7 In Your Son’s reign those who choose to agree with Him will become more like Him, continuing to mature as long as they live. 8 - 9 Since His dominion will encompass the whole world, even country people will bow before Him. Those who hate Him will also bow, but only grudgingly. 10 -11 The leaders from all the urban areas, as well as rural, will appropriately submit tributes. Yes, eventually everyone will bow in worship to Him. 12 He will preserve those who sincerely worship Him and yet suffer – when they ask for His help – and particularly those with no other support. 13 – 14 He will come along side those who are weak, powerless and oppressed, and with His merciful passion He will preserve them, give them victorious relief and take them out of oppression and abuse, for He considers them as very precious to Him. 15 He shall prosperously reign, as was promised Him with an oath, and everyone will eventually joyfully submit to Him all the time. 16 There will be abundance – even to the tops of the mountains. The firstfruits will be so much that they will wave like fields of golden grain in the wind. Those living together will be flourish – as living green grass on the earth. 17 As long as the sun shines, more and more good about His reputation and character will continue to be revealed and everyone will consider His ways good and right. 18 – 19 Celebrate by focusing on who God – the Existing One, the Mighty Judge of overcomers – really is and think and talk about the marvelous works He has done. Focus particularly on how majestic His is and how awesome and famous He is all the time. Let everyone be completely consecrated and loyal to Him. So be it, Amen. 20 [This is the last Prayer psalm that David, son of Jesse wrote that is on record.]