Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 72:11
All nations — Which cannot be said of Solomon with any truth or colour, but was unquestionably verified in Christ,
All nations — Which cannot be said of Solomon with any truth or colour, but was unquestionably verified in Christ,
Verse Psalms 72:11. _ALL KINGS SHALL FALL DOWN BEFORE_] They shall reverence him on account of his great wisdom, riches, c. _ALL NATIONS SHALT SERVE HIM._] All the surrounding nations. This and the...
YEA, ALL KINGS SHALL FALL DOWN ... - That is, his reign will be universal. The kings and people mentioned in the previous verses are only specimens of what will occur. “All” kings - “all” nations - wi...
Psalms 72 The Kingdom Psalm __ 1. The King, who reigns in righteousness (Psalms 72:1) 2. His kingdom from sea to sea (Psalms 72:5) 3. The blessings and the kingdom ...
May all nations submit to this best of rulers, recognising the paramount claim of moral supremacy....
Yea, let all kings fall down before him, Let all nations serve him. The allusions to Solomon's empire in this and the preceding verse are obvious. "All kingdoms brought presents and served Solomon....
DISCOURSE: 618 EXCELLENCE OF CHRIST’S GOVERNMENT Psalms 72:6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance...
PSALMS 72 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A People's Prayer for a Perfect King. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 72:1-4, Prayer for King of Royal Descent, that the Divine Attributes of Justice and Righteousness may be...
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. -All kings shall serve, Him because He is the Saviour of the needy. 'True love conquers; men feel it at last, weep bitterly,...
Title.—_A Psalm_ for (RV 'of') Solomon. The title in AV suggests that David is the writer, and Solomon the subject, of this Ps., but, as RV shows, the authorship is really ascribed to Solomon. The Ps....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
YEA, ALL KINGS SHALL... — Better, as before, _Let all kings. _...
וְ יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ ־לֹ֥ו כָל ־מְלָכִ֑ים כָּל ־ג
Psalms 72:1 RIGHTLY or wrongly, the superscription ascribes this psalm to Solomon. Its contents have led several commentators to take the superscription in a meaning for which there is no warrant, as...
“KING OF KINGS” Psalms 72:1 Solomon's reign opened as a morning without clouds. Much of the imagery of this royal ode is derived from the circumstances of his life. Compare Psalms 72:1 with his praye...
This is a great psalm of the Theocracy. Incidentally the whole perfect order is revealed. God high over all enthroned, and in all actively governing. The king, appointed by God, and gaining his guidan...
_They. The weak, (Worthington; Berthier) under this perplexity, or the wicked, said. (Calmet)_...
The prophet having spoken of the blessedness of Christ's reign, here describes the extensiveness of it. Jesus is indeed the universal Emperor and Lord of heaven and earth. He saith himself, "All power...
11._And all kings shall prostrate themselves before him. _This verse contains a more distinct statement of the truth, That the whole world will be brought in subjection to the authority of Christ. The...
Psalms 72 introduces us, not to David in suffering and conflict, but to the full reign of peace and royal blessing. It is the Son of David we have here, the source and securer of millennial blessings....
YEA, ALL KINGS SHALL FALL DOWN BEFORE HIM,.... Or worship him; not with a civil, but religious worship; for such worship is due to Christ, he being God equal with the Father, and so to be equally hono...
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. Ver. 11. _Yea, all kings, &c._] Of Christ this is and shall be verified without a hyperbole. Constantine, Valentinian, and Theo...
_The kings of Tarshish and of the isles_ That is, of remote countries, to which they used to go from Canaan by sea, all which are frequently called _isles_ in Scripture. The kings that ruled by sea or...
THE MAJESTIC REIGN OF THE MESSIAH. A psalm for Solomon, composed by Solomon; for he, under whose wise reign Israel reached the summit of its glory and power and was filled with the blessings of the L...
Yea, all kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him. The King, by virtue of His having paid the ransom of His blood for the redemption of the whole world, has a right to expect the...
2-17 This is a prophecy of the kingdom of Christ; many passages in it cannot be applied to the reign of Solomon. There were righteousness and peace at first in the administration of his government; b...
Which cannot be said of Solomon with any truth or colour, but was unquestionably verified in Christ; of whom therefore this must be understood. For what is said 1 KINGS 4:21, that _Solomon reigned ove...
Psalms 72:11 kings H4428 down H7812 (H8691) nations H1471 serve H5647 (H8799) all kings -...
A Psalm for Solomon. This was David's dying bequest to his son Solomon, but a greater than Solomon is here, for this Psalm concerns the reign, triumph, and everlasting dominion of our Lord Jesus Chri...
This is a Psalm which relates to the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, not as the Man of sorrows, but as the King of glory; not as David, struggling to secure the throne; but as Solomon, seated upon it,...
«A Psalm for Solomon» much more for one who is greater than Solomon, the true Prince of Peace. Psalms 72:1. _Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son._ So it is...
CONTENTS: The glories of the reign of the coming King. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all shall sing «All hail the power of Jesus name, let angels prostrate fall; bring for...
The Hebrew doctors have transmitted this psalm as the last that David composed. It was sung at the inauguration of Solomon to the throne, when Zadok had anointed him to be king over Israel, and when t...
_Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king’s son._ THE WORLD-WANTED KING Society cannot exist without laws: these laws require to be expressed and enforced, and whoever...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 72:1. The last psalm of Book 2 is a royal psalm. It is a prayer that David’s heirs might be faithful kings. That means ruling God’s people well, protecting the poor and need...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 72:8 By submitting to the Davidic king, the Gentile kings bring themselves and their peoples under God’s own rule (see note on 2:12)....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_A Psalm for Solomon_.” Margin: “Of Solomon.” Hengstenberg: “Solomon is named in the title as the _author_ of the Psalm. Attempts have been made, to no purpose, to inte...
EXPOSITION THE "title" attributes this psalm to Solomon, and the contents of the psalm are very favourable to his authorship. The prayer in Psalms 72:1 is an echo of that recorded in 1 Kings 3:9. The...
Psa 72:1-20 is entitled, "A Psalm for Solomon." As we read this, we find that it goes far beyond Solomon and actually is a prophecy of that Son that was promised to David, even Jesus Christ, who would...
Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 54:5; Psalms 138:4;...