Psalms 72
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
7In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44285× in this chapter
a king
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7765× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- בָרַךְbârakH12884× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- אֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwnH344× in this chapter
destitute
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- עַדʻadH57043× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עַםʻamH59713× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- עָנִיʻânîyH60413× in this chapter
depressed, in mind or circumstances
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- שֵׁםshêmH80343× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- דּוֹרdôwrH17552× in this chapter
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הַרharH20222× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יָםyâmH32202× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- יָרֵחַyârêachH33942× in this chapter
the moon
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34672× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdH35192× in this chapter
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49412× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אָמֵןʼâmênH5432× in this chapter
sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57692× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhH66662× in this chapter
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- שְׁבָאShᵉbâʼH76142× in this chapter
Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
- שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmH79652× in this chapter
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshH81212× in this chapter
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- בְּלִיbᵉlîyH10971× in this chapter
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
- בְּעַדbᵉʻadH11571× in this chapter
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
- בָּרbârH12501× in this chapter
grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
- גָּאַלgâʼalH13501× in this chapter
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- גִּבְעָהgibʻâhH13891× in this chapter
a hillock
- גֵּזgêzH14881× in this chapter
a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דִּיןdîynH17771× in this chapter
a straight course, i.e. sail direct
- דָּכָאdâkâʼH17921× in this chapter
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)