Daily Bible CEV December 30 Verses

Psalm 72
[By Solomon.]
A Prayer for God To Guide and Help the King

¹Please help the king to be honest and fair

just like you, our God.

²Let him be honest and fair with all your people,

especially the poor.

³Let peace and justice rule every mountain and hill.

⁴Let the king defend the poor, rescue the homeless,

and crush everyone who hurts them.

⁵Let the king live forever like the sun and the moon.

⁶Let him be as helpful as rain

that refreshes the meadows and the ground.

⁷Let the king be fair with everyone,

and let there be peace

until the moon falls from the sky.

⁸Let his kingdom reach from sea to sea,

from the Euphrates River across all the earth.

⁹Force the desert tribes to accept his rule,

and make his enemies crawl in the dirt.

¹⁰Force the rulers of Tarshish and of the islands

to pay taxes to him.

Make the kings of Sheba and of Seba bring gifts.

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Make other rulers bow down and all nations serve him.

¹²Do this because the king rescues the homeless

when they cry out,

and he helps everyone who is poor and in need.

¹³The king has pity on the weak and the helpless

and protects those in need.

¹⁴He cares when they hurt,

and he saves them from cruel and violent deaths.

¹⁵Long live the king! Give him gold from Sheba.

Always pray for the king and praise him each day.

¹⁶Let cities overflow with food

and hills be covered with grain,

just like Mount Lebanon.

Let the people in the cities prosper like wild flowers.

¹⁷May the glory of the king shine brightly forever

like the sun in the sky.

Let him make nations prosper and learn to praise him.

¹⁸LORD God of Israel, we praise you.

Only you can work miracles.

¹⁹We will always praise your glorious name.

Let your glory be seen everywhere on earth.

Amen and amen.

²⁰This ends the prayers of David, the son of Jesse.

BOOK III

(Psalms 73--89)

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