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May he live long[a] while the sun endures[b]
as long as the moon[c] for all generations.[d]
May he descend like rain on mown grass,
like showers watering the earth.
May what is right blossom in his days
and an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

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Footnotes

  1. 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”
  2. Psalm 72:5 Literally “with the sun”
  3. Psalm 72:5 Literally “in the presence of the moon”
  4. Psalm 72:5 Literally “generation of generations”