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Psalm 72

¹Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
²He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
⁴He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
⁵They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
⁶He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
⁷In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
⁸He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
⁹They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
¹¹Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
¹²For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
¹³He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
¹⁴He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
¹⁵And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
¹⁶There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
¹⁷His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
¹⁸Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

¹²And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
¹³And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
¹⁴And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
¹⁵Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
¹⁶And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
¹⁷And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
¹⁸And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
¹⁹And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
²⁰And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
²¹And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
²²And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

⁴⁹I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
⁵⁰But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
⁵¹Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
⁵²For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
⁵³The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
⁵⁴And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
⁵⁵And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
⁵⁶Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
⁵⁷Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
⁵⁸When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
⁵⁹I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.