Jesus’ Baptism and Ours

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14

¹ God, give your judgments to the king. Give your righteousness to the king’s son. ² Let him judge your people with righteousness and your poor ones with justice. ³ Let the mountains bring peace to the people; let the hills bring righteousness. ⁴ Let the king bring justice to people who are poor; let him save the children of those who are needy, but let him crush oppressors! ⁵ Let the king live as long as the sun, as long as the moon, generation to generation. ⁶ Let him fall like rain upon fresh-cut grass, like showers that water the earth. ⁷ Let the righteous flourish throughout their lives, and let peace prosper until the moon is no more. ¹⁰ Let the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute; let the kings of Sheba and Seba present gifts. ¹¹ Let all the kings bow down before him; let all the nations serve him. ¹² Let it be so, because he delivers the needy who cry out, the poor, and those who have no helper. ¹³ He has compassion on the weak and the needy; he saves the lives of those who are in need. ¹⁴ He redeems their lives from oppression and violence; their blood is precious in his eyes.