Every Nation on Earth - Michael Joncas

Every Nation on Earth Lyrics

Every nation on earth-
Psalm 72-Adapt. by Michael Joncas-Music by Michael Joncas, b.1951
Every nation on earth will adore you, Lord;
Every nation on earth will adore you, Lord.
O God, with your judgment endow the king;
with your justice endow the king’s son;
With justice he will govern your people,
your afflicted ones with right judgment.
Justice shall flow’r in his days,
lasting peace, ‘til the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
from the river to the ends of the earth.
The kings of Tarshish and the Isles offer gifts,
those from Seba and Arabia bring tribute.
All kings shall pay him homage,
all nations shall serve him.

He rescues the poor when they cry out,
the afflicted with no one to help.
The lowly and the poor he shall pity,
the lives of the poor he will save.
© 1987, GIA Publications, Inc.
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Lyrics submitted by Mario Palumbo.