Psalm 72:15-17
New International Reader's Version
15 May the king live a long time!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May people always pray for him.
May they ask the Lord to bless him all day long.
16 May there be plenty of grain everywhere in the land.
May it sway in the wind on the tops of the hills.
May the crops grow well, like those in Lebanon.
May they grow like the grass of the field.
17 May the king’s name be remembered forever.
May his fame last as long as the sun shines.
Then all nations will be blessed because of him.
They will call him blessed.
Psalm 72:15-17
New International Version
15 Long may he live!
May gold from Sheba(A) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
and bless him all day long.(B)
16 May grain(C) abound throughout the land;
on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(D) flourish like Lebanon(E)
and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(F)
17 May his name endure forever;(G)
may it continue as long as the sun.(H)
Footnotes
- Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
- Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)
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