72 Give the king ^(A)Your judgments, God,
And ^(B)Your righteousness to the king’s son.
^2 [a]May ^[b]he ^(C)judge Your people with righteousness
And ^[c](D)Your afflicted with justice.
^3 [d]May the mountains bring ^[e](E)peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.
^4 [f]May he ^(F)vindicate the ^[g]afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy,
And crush the oppressor.

⁶ For a ^(A)Child will be born to us, a ^(B)Son will be given to us;
And the ^(C)government will ^[a]rest ^(D)on His shoulders;
And His name will be called ^(E)Wonderful Counselor, ^(F)Mighty God,
Eternal ^(G)Father, Prince of ^(H)Peace.
⁷ There will be ^(I)no end to the increase of His government or of peace
On the ^(J)throne of David and over ^[b]his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with ^(K)justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
^(L)The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this.

⁴ But with ^(A)righteousness He will judge the ^(B)poor,
And decide with fairness for the ^(C)humble of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the ^(D)rod of His mouth,
And with the ^(E)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
⁵ Also ^(F)righteousness will be the belt around His hips,
And ^(G)faithfulness the belt around His waist.

⁵ “Behold, the ^(A)days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous ^[a](B)Branch;
And He will ^(C)reign as king and ^[b]act wisely
And ^(D)do justice and righteousness in the land.