Give the king your righteousness
(1 Kings 3:1-15; 2 Chronicles 1:1-13; Psalm 45:1-17)
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BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, || And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
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He judges Your people with righteousness, || And Your poor with judgment.
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The mountains bear peace to the people, || And the heights by righteousness.
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He judges the poor of the people, || Gives deliverance to the sons of the needy, || And bruises the oppressor.
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They fear You with the sun, and before the moon, || Generation—generations.
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He comes down as rain on mown grass, || As showers—sprinkling the earth.
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The righteous flourish in His days, || And abundance of peace until the moon is not.
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And He rules from sea to sea, || And from the river to the ends of the earth.
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Desert-dwellers bow before Him, || And His enemies lick the dust.
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Kings of Tarshish and of the islands send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba bring a reward near.
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And all kings bow themselves to Him, || All nations serve Him,
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For He delivers the needy who cries, || And the poor when he has no helper,
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He has pity on the poor and needy, || And He saves the souls of the needy,
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He redeems their soul from fraud and from violence, || And their blood is precious in His eyes.
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And He lives, and the gold of Sheba [is] given to Him, || And prayer is continually made for Him, || All day He is continually blessed.
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There is a handful of grain in the earth, || On the top of mountains, || Its fruit shakes like Lebanon, || And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.
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His Name is for all time, || Before the sun is His Name continued, || And they bless themselves in Him, || All nations pronounce Him blessed.
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Blessed is YHWH God, God of Israel, || He alone is doing wonders,
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And blessed [is] the Name of His glory for all time, || And the whole earth is filled [with] His glory. Amen and amen!
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The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.
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