Rotherham's Emphasized Bible A Psalm for Solomon [Here in this "Psalm for Solomon", some of the early verses are a prayer for God's blessing upon himself (David), and particularly blessings upon his son, Solomon, as his successor as king. There is then an ill-defined transition where God's glory becomes the primary focus. Some pronouns through this transition are likely dual-references, which are identified using the 'deep purple' font, followed by the parenthetic insertion where font treatment alone will not suffice for clarity, such as "(Solomon and Christ)" in the case of dual-references.] 1
2May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;
3May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;
4May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.
5Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
6Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
7May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.
8So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River[=Euphrates] unto the ends of the earth;
9Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;
10The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;
11Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;
12Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;
13He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:
14From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.
15Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba,—Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed.
16May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains,—Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.
17May his Name be age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,—And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!
18Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,—Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;
19And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago-abiding,—And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!
20Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse. Rotherham's Emphasized Bible, 1902, is a translation of the Bible that uses various methods, such as "emphatic idiom" and special diacritical marks, to bring out nuances of the underlying Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic texts. Bible Hub |
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