[For Solomon.][1]O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son;[2]that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.[3]Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:[4]he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.[5]And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.[6]He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.[7]In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.[8]And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.[9]The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.[10]The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.[11]And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.[12]For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.[13]He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.[14]He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name shall be precious before him.[15]And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and men shall pray for him continually; and all the day shall they praise him.[16]There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.[17]Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.[18]Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.[19]And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.[20]The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.
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Author: Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)
Source: ecmarsh.com