Psalm 45:1-7

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Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

For the choir director. According to ¹Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. A ²Maskil. A Song of Love.

My heart ³overflows with a good theme;

I ⁴address my ⁵verses to the ⁶King;

My tongue is the pen of ^aa skillful scribe.

You are fairer than the sons of men;

^aGrace is poured ¹upon Your lips;

Therefore God has ^bblessed You forever.

Gird ^aYour sword on Your thigh, O ¹^bMighty One,

In Your splendor and Your majesty!

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,

For the cause of truth and ^ameekness and righteousness;

Let Your ^bright hand teach You ¹awesome things.

Your ^aarrows are sharp;

The ^bpeoples fall under You;

Your arrows are ^cin the heart of the King’s enemies.

^aYour throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of ^buprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have ^aloved righteousness and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has ^banointed You

With the oil of joy above Your companions.

Psalm 72:1-20

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Give the King Your Judgments

Of Solomon.

O God, give the king ^aYour judgments,

And ^bYour righteousness to the king’s son.

¹May ²he ^arender judgment to Your people with righteousness

And ^bYour ³afflicted with justice.

Let the mountains lift up ¹^apeace to the people,

And the hills, in righteousness.

¹May he ^agive justice to the ²afflicted of the people,

Save the children of the needy,

And crush the oppressor.

¹Let them fear You ^awhile the sun endures,

And ²as long as the moon, from generation to all generations.

¹May he come down ^alike rain upon the mown grass,

Like ^bshowers that water the earth.

¹May the ^arighteous flourish in his days,

And ^babundance of peace until the moon is no more.

May he also have dominion ^afrom sea to sea

And from the River to the ends of the earth.

¹Let ^athe desert creatures ^bkneel before him,

And his enemies ^click the dust.

¹Let the kings of ^aTarshish and of the ^bcoastlands bring a present;

The kings of ^cSheba and ^dSeba ^eoffer tribute.

¹And let all ^akings bow down to him,

All ^bnations serve him.

For he will ^adeliver the needy when he cries for help,

The ¹afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

He will have ^acompassion on the poor and needy,

And the ¹lives of the needy he will save.

He will ^aredeem their ¹life from oppression and violence,

And their blood will be ^bprecious in his sight;

So may he live! And may they give to him the ^agold of Sheba;

And let each pray for him continually;

Let each bless him all day long.

May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;

May its fruit wave like the cedars of ^aLebanon;

And may those from the city blossom like ^bvegetation of the earth.

May his ^aname endure forever;

May his name ¹increase ²^bas long as the sun shines;

Let all nations ³^cbe blessed in him;

^dLet all nations call him blessed.

^aBlessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,

Who alone ^bworks wondrous deeds.

And blessed be His ^aglorious name forever;

And may the whole ^bearth be filled with His glory.

^cAmen, and Amen.

¹The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are completed.