Let the mountains bear (A)prosperity for the people,
    and the hills, in righteousness!

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May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.

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May he be like (A)rain that falls on (B)the mown grass,
    like (C)showers that water the earth!

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May he be like rain(A) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.

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In his days may (A)the righteous flourish,
    and (B)peace abound, till the moon be no more!

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In his days may the righteous flourish(A)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

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15 Long may he live;
    may (A)gold of Sheba be given to him!
May prayer be made (B)for him continually,
    and blessings invoked for him all the day!

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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)

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16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
    on the tops of the mountains may it wave;
    may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people (A)blossom in the cities
    like the (B)grass of the field!

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16 May grain(A) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(B) flourish like Lebanon(C)
    and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city