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[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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