Liber Psalmorum

The second book of Psalms, song 72, Vulgate and King James Version

Psalm 72

Vulgate

   1 Salomonis. Deus, iudicium tuum regi da et iustitiam tuam filio regis;
   2 iudicet populum tuum in iustitia et pauperes tuos in iudicio.
   3 Afferant montes pacem populo, et colles iustitiam.
   4 Iudicabit pauperes populi et salvos faciet filios inopis et humiliabit calumniatorem.
   5 Et permanebit cum sole et ante lunam in generatione et generationem.
   6 Descendet sicut pluvia in gramen, et sicut imber irrigans terram.
   7 Florebit in diebus eius iustitia et abundantia pacis, donec auferatur luna.
   8 Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare et a flumine usque ad terminos orbis terrarum.
   9 Coram illo procident incolae deserti, et inimici eius terram lingent.
   10 Reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerent, reges Arabum et Saba dona adducent.
   11 Et adorabunt eum omnes reges, omnes gentes servient ei.
   12 Quia liberabit inopem clamantem et pauperem, cui non erat adiutor.
   13 Parcet pauperi et inopi et animas pauperum salvas faciet.
   14 Ex oppressione et violentia redimet animas eorum, et pretiosus erit sanguis eorum coram illo. -
   15 Et vivet, et dabitur ei de auro Arabiae, et orabunt pro ipso semper; tota die benedicent ei.
   16 Et erit ubertas frumenti in terra, in summis montium fluctuabit, sicut Libanus fructus eius; et florebunt de civitate sicut fenum terrae.
   17 Sit nomen eius benedictum in saecula, ante solem permanebit nomen eius. Et benedicentur in ipso omnes tribus terrae, omnes gentes magnificabunt eum.
   18 Benedictus Dominus Deus, Deus Israel, qui facit mirabilia solus.
   19 Et benedictum nomen maiestatis eius in aeternum; et replebitur maiestate eius omnis terra. Fiat, fiat.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

A Psalm for Solomon.

   1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
   2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
   3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
   4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
   5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
   6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
   7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
   8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
   9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
   10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
   11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
   12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
   13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
   14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
   15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
   16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
   17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
   18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
   19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
   20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.