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16 Let the fields grow plenty of grain.
    Let the hills be covered with crops.
Let the land be as fertile as Lebanon.
    Let the cities grow like the grass in a field.
17 Let the king be famous forever.
    Let him be remembered as long as the sun shines.
Let the nations be blessed because of him.
    And may they all bless him.

18 Praise the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Only he does such miracles.

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16 May grain(A) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(B) flourish like Lebanon(C)
    and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(D)
17 May his name endure forever;(E)
    may it continue as long as the sun.(F)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,[b]
    and they will call him blessed.(G)

18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,(H)
    who alone does marvelous deeds.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
  2. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)