PSALM 72: God’s favour will be with you wherever you go..

Read this psalm everyday and you will receive God’s favour wherever you go. Its Holy name is Aha. Its prayer is the prayer under psalm 16.

Psalm 72

1 O Elohim, give the king your justice
    and the king’s son your righteousness
        
            and your oppressed people with justice.

3 May the mountains bring peace to the people
    and the hills bring righteousness.
4 May he grant justice to the people who are oppressed.
    May he save the children of needy people
    and crush their oppressor.
5 May they fear you as long as the sun and moon shine—
    throughout every generation.
6 May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass,
    like showers that water the land.
7 May righteous people blossom in his day.
    May there be unlimited peace until the moon no longer shines.

8 May he rule from sea to sea,
    from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
9 May the people of the desert kneel in front of him.
    May his enemies lick the dust.
10 May the kings from Tarshish and the islands bring presents.
    May the kings from Sheba and Seba bring gifts.
11 May all kings worship him.
    May all nations serve him.

12 He will rescue the needy person who cries for help
    and the oppressed person who has no one’s help.
13 He will have pity on the poor and needy
    and will save the lives of the needy.
14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence.
    Their blood will be precious in his sight.

15 May he live long.
    May the gold from Sheba be given to him.
    May the people pray for him continually.
    May they praise him all day long.
16 May there be plenty of grain in the land.
    May it wave in the breeze on the mountaintops,
    its fruit like the treetops of Lebanon.
    May those from the city flourish like the grass on the ground.
17 May his name endure forever.
    May his name continue as long as the sun shines.
    May all nations be blessed through him and call him blessed.

18 Thank Yahweh Elohim, the Elohim of Israel,
    who alone does miracles.
19 Thanks be to his glorious name forever.
    May the whole earth be filled with his glory.
    Amen and amen!

20 The prayers by David, son of Jesse, end here.

PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to Yahweh,

    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth

    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.

    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood

        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.

    You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.

    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.

    My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.

    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.

            My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave

    or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me.

    Complete joy is in your presence.

        Pleasures are by your side forever.