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May he judgeיָדִיןyour peopleעַמְּךָwith righteousness,בְצֶדֶקand your afflictedוַעֲנִיֶּיךָwith justice.בְמִשְׁפָּט
Psalms 72:2
Study it in the app“May he judge your people with righteousness, and your afflicted with justice.”
A psalm asks for a king who will do justice for the poor and bring peaceThe Kingdom of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 72:2, word by word
- May he judgeיָדִיןyadin
judge
To decide with authority who is in the right and to govern justly.
Where else “yadin” appears- your peopleעַמְּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- with righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- and your afflictedעֲנִיֶּיaniye
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “aniye” appears- with justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears
The context
1Of Solomon. Elohim, your judgments give to the king, and your righteousness to the son of the king.
2 · This verse (above)
3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.