In His Days...

(Photo by Remo Savisaar)

“May they fear You as long as the sun
       and as long as the moon,
generations untold.
May He come down like rain
on new-mown grass,
       like showers that moisten the earth.
May the just man flourish in His days—
       and abundant peace till the moon is no more.
And may He hold sway from sea to sea,
       from the River to the ends of the earth.”

~Psalms 72: 5-8 (translation by Robert Alter)