Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 72:10
Tarshish. On the west. See note on 1 Kings 10:22.
isles. coastlands, or maritime countries.
Sheba, &c. On the east and south.
offer gifts. bring near their presents. App-43.
Tarshish. On the west. See note on 1 Kings 10:22.
isles. coastlands, or maritime countries.
Sheba, &c. On the east and south.
offer gifts. bring near their presents. App-43.
Verse Psalms 72:10. _THE KINGS OF TARSHISH AND OF THE ISLES SHALT BRING_ _PRESENTS_] Though Solomon did not reign over _Cilicia_, of which _Tarsus_ was the capital, yet he might receive _gifts_, not i...
THE KINGS OF TARSHISH - On the situation of Tarshish, see the notes at Isaiah 2:16. Compare Psalms 48:7. The word seems to be used here to denote any distant region abounding with riches. AND OF THE I...
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....
Let the kings … bring presents, or, as R.V. marg., render tribute, the word implying that they are rendering what is _due_to him. _Tarshish_was the wealthy Phoenician colony of Tartessus in southern S...
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...
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. - Psalms 72:6 repeat in substance Psalms 72:1 - the showers of righteousness and peace under Messiah shall...
72:10 presents; (l-11) Or 'shall present gifts.'...
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....
TARSHISH] probably Tartessus in Spain: see on Psalms 48:7. THE ISLES] the coast-lands of the Mediterranean. SHEBA] Saba in S. Arabia. SEBA] an unknown locality, elsewhere connected with Ethiopia (Isai...
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...
TARSHISH. — The question of the identity of this place (or district) with the “Tartessus” of the Greeks is too long for a note. (See Jonah 1:3.) But plainly the mention here of “the isles,” _i.e.,_ is...
מַלְכֵ֬י תַרְשִׁ֣ישׁ וְ֭ אִיִּים מִנְחָ֣ה יָשִׁ֑יבוּ...
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...
The kings of (i) Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings (k) of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. (i) Of Cilicia, and of all other countries beyond the sea, which he means by the is...
Return here; or hither. The weak among the servants of God will be apt often to return to this thought, and will be shocked when they consider the full days, that is, the long and prosperous life of t...
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...
10._The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents. _The Psalmist still continues, as in the preceding verse, to speak of the extent of the kingdom. The Hebrews apply the appellation of _...
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....
THE KINGS OF TARSHISH AND OF THE ISLES SHALL BRING PRESENTS,.... Tarshish either signifies the sea, as it is sometimes rendered in the Targum; and then the sense is, the kings of the sea, that is, of...
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Ver. 10. _The kings of Tarshish, and of the isles_] _i.e._ All the kings of the earth, whic...
_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...
The kings of Tarshish, Tartessus in Spain, an important commercial center, with many princes of finance, AND OF THE ISLES, of the coasts of Europe, named as far-distant points, SHALL BRING PRESENTS, t...
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...
OF TARSHISH AND OF THE ISLES; or, _of the sea_ (as Tarshish is understood, 1 KINGS 22:48 PSALMS 48:7) _and_ (or, that is; for that conjunction is oft used exegetically) _of the isles_, i.e. of remote...
Psalms 72:10 kings H4428 Tarshish H8659 isles H339 bring H7725 (H8686) presents H4503 kings H4428 Sheba H7614 Seba...
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...
1 Kings 10:1; 1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 10:25; 2 Chronicles 9:21;...
The sea — Of remote countries, to which they used to go from Canaan by sea; which are frequently called isles in scripture; the kings that rule by sea or by land....