These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Psalm 72
Tanakh 20 verses
- 1 [A Psalm] of . Give the Thy judgments, O , And Thy unto the king’s son;
- 2 That he may judge Thy people with , And Thy poor with justice.
- 3 Let the mountains bear to the people, And the hills, through .
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May he judge the poor of the people, And the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.
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Isaiah 11:4 Psalm 94:5 Psalm 72:12-14 Job 19:2 Matthew 11:5 Ezekiel 34:15-16 Isaiah 51:12-13 Revelation 18:20 Revelation 19:2 Psalm 2:9 Zechariah 9:8-10 Revelation 18:24 Daniel 2:34-35 Zechariah 11:11 Zechariah 11:7 Isaiah 9:4 Psalm 109:31 Proverbs 20:26 Jeremiah 51:20-23 Job 34:24 Revelation 18:6-8 - 5 They shall Thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations.
- 6 May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
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In his days let the righteous flourish, And abundance of , till the moon be no more.
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Isaiah 2:4 Ephesians 2:14-17 Psalm 92:12 Daniel 2:44 1 Kings 4:25 1 Chronicles 22:8-9 Malachi 4:2 Isaiah 32:15-20 Isaiah 35:1-10 Luke 2:14 Isaiah 9:6-7 Isaiah 60:22 Isaiah 11:6-9 Isaiah 60:1 Isaiah 32:3-8 Isaiah 54:11-17 Isaiah 61:3-6 Luke 1:33 Isaiah 61:10-11 Isaiah 55:10-13 Psalm 132:15-18 Acts 4:32 -
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May he have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.
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Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; And his enemies lick the dust.
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- 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- 11 Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; All nations shall him.
- 12 For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
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He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will .
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- 14 He will redeem their from oppression and violence, And precious will their be in his sight.
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That they may live, and that he may give them of the gold of Sheba, That they may pray for him continually, Yea, him all the day.
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Jude 1:25 1 Kings 10:14 Revelation 5:8-14 Matthew 6:10 2 Corinthians 13:14 John 11:25 John 14:19 John 16:23-24 John 5:23 1 John 1:2 Matthew 2:11 1 Corinthians 1:2-3 2 Timothy 4:22 Revelation 1:18 2 Chronicles 2:11-12 2 Peter 3:18 2 Chronicles 9:1 Revelation 1:5-6 Hebrews 10:19-22 1 Thessalonians 3:11 2 Chronicles 9:4-8 2 Chronicles 9:23-24 Psalm 21:4 Psalm 45:4 Matthew 21:9 Psalm 72:19 Isaiah 60:6 Philippians 2:11 -
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May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; May his fruit rustle like Lebanon; And may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth.
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- 17 May his endure for ever; May his be continued as long as the sun; May men also themselves by him; May all nations call him happy.
- 18 Blessed be , the of , Who only doeth wondrous things;
- 19 And blessed be His glorious for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with His . , and .
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The prayers of the son of Jesse are ended.
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