1. Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God;share with him your own justice,
2. so that he will rule over your people with justiceand govern the oppressed with righteousness.
3. May the land enjoy prosperity;may it experience righteousness.
4. May the king judge the poor fairly;may he help the needyand defeat their oppressors.
5. May your people worship you as long as the sun shines,as long as the moon gives light, for ages to come.
6. May the king be like rain on the fields,like showers falling on the land.
7. May righteousness flourish in his lifetime,and may prosperity last as long as the moon gives light.
8. His kingdom will reach from sea to sea,from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
9. The peoples of the desert will bow down before him;his enemies will throw themselves to the ground.