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Please help the king to judge poor people fairly.
May he save the children of weak people,
    and destroy those cruel people who hurt them.
May people always respect your authority, God,
    through all time,
    as long as the sun and the moon remain in the sky.[a]
May the king be a blessing to his people,
    like rain that falls on grass that lies in the fields.
May he be like rain
    that brings water to the soil.

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Footnotes

  1. 72:5 Or May the king live through all time