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        • 1. Of Solomon. Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.
            • 2. He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.
                • 3. The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.
                    • 4. He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor.
                        • 5. He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.
                            • 6. He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.
                                • 7. In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.
                                    • 8. He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
                                        • 9. The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust.
                                            • 10. The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.
                                                • 11. All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him.
                                                    • 12. For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.
                                                        • 13. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.
                                                            • 14. He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
                                                                • 15. Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.
                                                                    • 16. Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field.
                                                                        • 17. May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.
                                                                            • 18. Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
                                                                                • 19. Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
                                                                                    • 20. This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.
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