Psalm 72 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 A psalm of Solomon. God, please give the king fairness, and give the king's son the ability to do what's right.
1 Para Salomón. OH Dios, da tus juicios al rey, y tu justicia al hijo del rey.
2 May he rightly judge your people, and may he be fair to the poor.
2 El juzgará tu pueblo con justicia, y tus afligidos con juicio.
3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring goodness.
3 Los montes llevarán paz al pueblo, y los collados justicia.
4 May he defend the poor and save their children, may he crush those who oppress them.
4 Juzgará los afligidos del pueblo, salvará los hijos del menesteroso, y quebrantará al violento.
5 May they respect him as long as the sun and the moon shine above, for all generations.
5 Temerte han mientras duren el sol y la luna, por generación de generaciones.
6 May his reign be like rain falling on new grass, like showers that water the earth.
6 Descenderá como la lluvia sobre la hierba cortada; como el rocío que destila [sobre] la tierra.
7 May those who live right prosper under his rule; may there be great prosperity until the moon is no more.
7 Florecerá en sus días justicia, y muchedumbre de paz, hasta que no haya luna.
8 May he rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth.
8 Y dominará de mar á mar, y desde el río hasta los cabos de la tierra.
9 Desert tribes will kneel before him; and his enemies will bite the dust.
9 Delante de él se postrarán los Etiopes; y sus enemigos lamerán la tierra.
10 The kings of Tarshish and the islands will bring him tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him with gifts.
10 Los reyes de Tharsis y de las islas traerán presentes: los reyes de Sheba y de Seba ofrecerán dones.
11 Every king will bow down to him; every nation will serve him.
11 Y arrodillarse han á él todos los reyes; le servirán todas las gentes.
12 He will help the poor when they cry out to him, and help those who are suffering that have no one to support them.
12 Porque él librará al menesteroso que clamare, y al afligido que no tuviere quien le socorra.
13 He has pity on the poor and needy—he saves their lives!
13 Tendrá misericordia del pobre y del menesteroso, y salvará las almas de los pobres.
14 He rescues them from violence and oppression, for their lives mean so much to him.
14 De engaño y de violencia redimirá sus almas; y la sangre de ellos será preciosa en sus ojos.
15 May he live long! May the gold from Sheba be given to him. May people always pray for him and bless him all day long.
15 Y vivirá, y darásele del oro de Seba; y oraráse por él continuamente; todo el día se le bendecirá.
16 May there be plenty of grain in the land, even growing on mountain-tops. May the fruit on the trees sway like the trees of Lebanon. May the people in the city flourish like grass in a field.
16 Será [echado] un puño de grano en tierra, en las cumbres de los montes; su fruto hará ruido como el Líbano, y los de la ciudad florecerán como la hierba de la tierra.
17 May his fame live forever, may it last as long as the sun. May all nations be blessed through him, and may they praise him.
17 Será su nombre para siempre, perpetuaráse su nombre mientras el sol dure: y benditas serán en él todas las gentes: llamarlo han bienaventurado.
18 Praise the Lord God, the God of Israel, who is the only one who can do such fantastic things!
18 Bendito Jehová Dios, el Dios de Israel, que solo hace maravillas.
19 Praise his wonderful nature forever! May the whole world be full of his glory! Amen and amen!
19 Y bendito su nombre glorioso para siempre: y toda la tierra sea llena de su gloria. Amén y Amén.
20 (This is the end of the psalms of David, son of Jesse.)
20 Acábanse las oraciones de David, hijo de Isaí.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 23:5–6; 2 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Chronicles 22:12–13; 1 Chronicles 29:19; Isaiah 11:2
- 2 Isaiah 32:1; Psalm 72:12–14; Isaiah 32:17; Psalm 45:6–7; Isaiah 9:7
- 3 Isaiah 52:7; 2 Corinthians 5:19–21; Daniel 9:24; Joel 3:18; Ezekiel 34:13–14
- 4 Isaiah 11:4; Ezekiel 34:15–16; Psalm 109:31; Zechariah 9:8–10; Proverbs 20:26
- 5 Psalm 89:36–37; Daniel 7:14; Psalm 72:17; Revelation 11:15; Isaiah 9:7
- 6 Hosea 6:3; Deuteronomy 32:2; 2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 65:10; Hosea 14:5–7
- 7 Isaiah 2:4; Malachi 4:2; Psalm 92:12; Isaiah 60:22; Isaiah 54:11–17
- 8 Exodus 23:31; Zechariah 9:10; 1 Kings 4:21–24; Psalm 80:11; Psalm 89:25
- 9 Isaiah 49:23; Micah 7:17; Luke 19:27; Psalm 2:9; 1 Kings 9:18
- 10 Psalm 68:29; Isaiah 60:6; Isaiah 49:7; Psalm 45:12; 1 Kings 10:1
- 11 Psalm 86:9; Revelation 11:15; Isaiah 49:22–23; Revelation 17:14; Isaiah 54:5
- 12 Job 29:12; Revelation 3:17–18; Psalm 102:17; Hebrews 7:25; Ecclesiastes 4:1
- 13 Ezekiel 34:16; Matthew 5:3; Psalm 109:31; Job 5:15–16; James 2:5–6
- 14 Psalm 116:15; Revelation 19:2; Luke 1:68–75; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; 2 Samuel 4:9
- 15 1 Kings 10:14; Isaiah 60:6; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 5:8–14; Jude 25
- 16 1 Kings 4:20; Revelation 7:9; Job 8:7; Job 5:25; Isaiah 29:17
- 17 Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Psalm 89:36; Genesis 12:3; Luke 1:48
- 18 Psalm 41:13; Psalm 106:48; 1 Chronicles 29:10; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 86:10
- 19 Numbers 14:21; Matthew 6:10; Psalm 41:13; Habakkuk 2:14; Matthew 6:13
- 20 2 Samuel 23:1; Luke 24:51; Job 31:40; Jeremiah 51:64
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivereth us commendeth itself to us, in order that it may have us commended.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For it is known within what bounds the kingdom of Solomon was enclosed; and yet in that psalm, not to speak of other things, we read, "He shall have dominion from sea even to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth," which we see fulfilled in Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And again when it is preaching the Gospel beforehand, and saying, "In his days shall righteousness flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away," it doth not set a limit to this fair part of creation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And how is it also that they are not abashed at that which is written, From the womb before the morning-star have I begotten thee: also this, He shall endure with the sun, and before the moon, from generation to generation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For on this account that prophecy went before concerning Him: "He shall reign from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth." But since, before He suffered and rose from the dead, the faith had not yet been defined to all, but was defined in the resurrection of Christ (for so the Apostle …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)