Psalm 72:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²May he judge your people with righteousness,
    and your poor with justice.
³May the mountains yield prosperity for the people,
    and the hills, in righteousness.
⁴May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
    give deliverance to the needy,
    and crush the oppressor.

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