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Psalm 72:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Psalm 72:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 May he live long[a] while the sun endures[b]
as long as the moon[c] for all generations.[d]
6 May he descend like rain on mown grass,
like showers watering the earth.
7 May what is right blossom in his days
and an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 72:5 This presupposes the reading, suggested by the LXX, that might indicate that two of the Hebrew root letters have been inverted. The Hebrew reads “They will/Let them fear”
- Psalm 72:5 Literally “with the sun”
- Psalm 72:5 Literally “in the presence of the moon”
- Psalm 72:5 Literally “generation of generations”
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