Psalm LXXII.
1
To Christ thy Son, that glorious King'
Thy judgments, Lord, commit:
That he, to rule thy people well,
Upon his Throne may sit.
2
Then great and small shall peace enjoy,
And justice shall abound:
For he with right shall judge the poor,
And tread oppressors down.
3
As long as sun and moon endure
He shall be fear'd by all:
And shall come down like showers of rain,
On new mown grass that fall.
4
Good men shall flourish in his days,
And peace shall have no end:
From sea to sea throughout the world
His kingdom shall extend.
5
The people of the wilderness
Before his face shall bow:
His enemies shall lick the dust
Upon the earth below.
6
The kings of Tarsis, and the Isles
To him shall presents bring:
Sheba and Seba gifts shall send
To this almighty King.
7
All kings and nations him shall serve,
For he the poor shall save:
And rescue them that are opprest,
When they no helper have.
8
He shall redeem the poor from wrong,
And do the needy right:
And blood of innocents shall be
Most precious in his sight.
9
Long shall he live; and men to him
Shall gold of Sheba bring:
All people for his Reign shall pray,
And praises daily sing.
10
As when of Corn a handful sown
Upon a mountains top,
At last doth shake like Lebanon,
And proves a mighty crop.
11
So from the City of this king,
The people shall abound:
And flourish like the spreading grass,
That covers all the ground.
12
Like to the suns continual light
Shall be his lasting fame:
All Nations shall be blest in him,
And all shall bless his name.
13
Blest be the God of Israel
For he is God alone:
By whose almighty power it is
These wonders shall be done.
14
And let his great and glorious name
Be prais'd continually:
Until his glory fill the earth,
Amen, Amen, we cry.
2. Metre.
1
To Christ that glorious son of thine,
That mighty Lord, and king divine
Thy laws and judgments, Lord, commit:
To rule thy people righteously,
And judge the poor with equity,
That he upon his throne may sit.
2
On all his subjects high and low
The blessings then of peace shall flow,
And justice every where abound:
For he with right shall judge the poor,
And save the needy evermore;
But crush oppressors to the ground.
3
As long as sun and moon endure,
His kingdom shall be firm and sure,
And his dominion ever stand:
Nor shall his reign less welcom prove
Than gentle showers from above,
To new mown grass or thirsty land.
4
The just shall flourish in his reign,
And peace for ever shall remain;
From sea to sea his bounds shall go:
The people of the wilderness
His just dominion shall confess,
And all his foes to him shall bow.
5
The kings of Tarsis and the Isles,
shall with their presents court his smiles,
Sheba and Seba gifts shall briug.
Yea every king the world throughout,
And all the nations round about,
Shall serve this great and glorious king.
6
For he shall listen to the cry
Of helpless men in misery,
To do the poor and needy right;
And save their lives from violence,
Because the blood of innocents
Shall still be precious in his sight.
7
Long time shall he the scepter hold,
And presents of the finest gold
From Sheba shall to him be sent.
And people for his reign shall pray,
And sing the praises every day
Of his most righteous Government.
8
As corn upon a mountains top,
That from a handful proves a crop,
Whose fruit like Lebanon doth shake:
So from the city of this king
Great multitudes like grass shall spring,
And every where increase shall make.
9
His glory like the sun shall be,
As lasting and as bright as he:
His name forever shall remain;
All nations shall in him be blest,
And him all nations shall confess,
And thus shall bless his name again.
10
“O blest be Israels God alone,
“By whom all wondrous things are done,
“And blessed be his glorious name:
“Till with his praise the earth shall ring,
“Amen, Amen, then let us sing,
“And every creature do the same.
