A Psalm for Solomon

Verse 1

O GOD, Thy judgments give the KING, Thy righteousness give to his SON:

Verse 2

Then he'll thy people rightly judge And to thy poor see justice done.

Verse 3

The mountains shall abundantly To all the people bring forth peace; The little hills abound With joyful fruits of righteousness.

Verse 4

Poor of the people he will judge, And children of the needy save: He will to pieces break all those Who with their fraud oppressed have.

Verse 5

They shall Thee fear while sun and moon Endure, thro' generations all:

Verse 6

Like rain on mown grass he will come, As show'rs on earth distilling fall.

Verse 7

The righteous shall lift up their heads, Rejoice and flourish in his reign; And till the moon to shine shall cease, He will abundant peace maintain.

Verse 8

His great and bless'd dominion shall Abroad from sea to sea extend; And from the river it shall reach Quite to the earth's remotest end.

Verse 9

They in the wilderness who dwell, In homage bow before him must; His foes shall, falling at his feet, In low prostration lick the dust.

Verse 10

The kings of Tarshish and the Isles, To him shall costly presents bring; Sheba's, and Seba's kings their gifts To him as their superior King.

Verse 11

Yea all the kings throughout the earth, To him shall bow, and homage pay; And all the nations of the world Shall Him as the supream obey.

Verse 12

Because he will the needy save, When they to him for succour call, Those who afflicted are, and those Who have no human help at all.

Verse 13

The feeble and necessitous, He will in tender pity spare; He will preserve and save the souls Of those who poor and needy are.

Verse 14

Their souls from fraud and violence His pow'r and mercy will redeem; And in his eyes their blood shall be Of precious worth and high esteem.

Verse 15

Long shall he live; and they shall bring To him of Sheba's finest gold: Pray'rs shall be always made for him, And daily he shall be extoll'd.

Verse 16

Of corn an handful in the earth Tho' on the tops of mountains sown, The fruit shall rise, increase and wave Like the tall trees of Lebanon. And they who in the city dwell Shall greatly flourish and abound, In numbers like the fertile grass, Which grows upon the richest ground.

Verse 17

His name for ever shall endure, And shall continue as the sun; In him all nations shall be blest, And him proclaim the BLESSED ONE.

Verse 18

O let JEHOVAH blessed be, The GOD, the God of Israel: For by Himself alone he works Such things as wond'rous are to tell.

Verse 19

O let his glorious name be bless'd, Eternal as his happy reign: And let his glory fill the earth: Repeat aloud, AMEN, AMEN.

Verse 20

O let the LORD GOD blessed be, the GOD of Israel: For by Himself alone he works, things wonderful to tell.

Verse 21

O let his glorious Name be bless'd, eternal as his reign; And let his glory fill the earth: repeat, AMEN, AMEN.