Daily Bible Reading -- Psalm 72 "A Prayer for Leadership"

Good Morning World!

This morning our reading is very important to everyone.  We all need and/or have a leader in our life.  We all have someone whether a person, police force, or government that we must answer to.  We all have people in our lives that lead us: teachers, pastors, business owners, mayors, presidents, prime ministers, premiers, kings and/or queens.  These people lead us, and teach us.  We hope that they are directing us in the right direction, however, sometimes they do not.  This morning's reading is a prayer for Solomon by the passing King David.  We ought to pray a similar prayer for the people in our lives who are leaders.

Psalms 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. (Psalm 72, King James Version)