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O God, give your judgment to the king;
    your justice to the king’s son;[a](A)
That he may govern your people with justice,
    your oppressed with right judgment,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 72:2 The king…the king’s son: the crown prince is the king’s son; the prayer envisages the dynasty.

May he judge your people in righteousness,(A)
    your afflicted ones with justice.

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That he may defend the oppressed among the people,
    save the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

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May he defend the afflicted(A) among the people
    and save the children of the needy;(B)
    may he crush the oppressor.(C)

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(A)Before the Lord who comes,
    who comes to govern the earth,(B)
To govern the world with justice
    and the peoples with fairness.

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let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(A)

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