PSALMS 诗篇072

PSALM¹ 72
1Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.
2He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted² ones with justice.
3The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy³; he will crush the oppressor.
5He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.
6He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.
7In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound⁴ till the moon is no more.
8He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
9The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust.
10The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.
11All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him.
12For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.
13He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.
14He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
15Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.
16Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field.
17May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.
18Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
19Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
20This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.

1 psalm   

n.赞美诗，圣诗

参考例句：

• The clergyman began droning the psalm.牧师开始以单调而低沈的语调吟诵赞美诗。
• The minister droned out the psalm.牧师喃喃地念赞美诗。

2 afflicted   

使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
• A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。

3 needy   

adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的

参考例句：

• Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。

4 abound   

vi.大量存在；(in，with)充满，富于

参考例句：

• Oranges abound here all the year round.这里一年到头都有很多橙子。
• But problems abound in the management of State-owned companies.但是在国有企业的管理中仍然存在不少问题。