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15 Long live the king!
May people come from Sheba to give gold to him.
May people always pray for him.
May people praise him all the time.
16 May there always be plenty of grain
    that grows in the land.
May the crops grow well
    on the tops of the mountains.
May the fruit trees give a lot of fruit,
    as they do in Lebanon.
May all the crops grow well,
    like grass that grows in a field.
17 May the king be famous for ever!
May people remember him
    for as long as the sun continues to shine.
May people from all nations use his name
    when they bless one another.
May they all say that God has blessed the king!

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15 Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba(A) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.(B)
16 May grain(C) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(D) flourish like Lebanon(E)
    and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(F)
17 May his name endure forever;(G)
    may it continue as long as the sun.(H)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,[b]
    and they will call him blessed.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
  2. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)