Psalms 72:1
JUDGMENTS.. RIGHTEOUSNESS] the qualities of a great and upright ruler: see Psalms 72:2. THE KING'S SON] a parallel expression for the king.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGMENTS.. RIGHTEOUSNESS] the qualities of a great and upright ruler: see Psalms 72:2. THE KING'S SON] a parallel expression for the king.... [ Continue Reading ]
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., however, appears rather to be the prayer of a subject for the king. Some actual ruler—Solomon, Hez... [ Continue Reading ]
THY POOR] the class who suffered most from unjust and oppressive rulers.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY RIGHTEOUSNESS] RV 'in righteousness.' Under a righteous government peace will be the fruit that grows on all the wooded slopes of the land: see Isaiah 32:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL FEAR THEE] not the king, but God. LXX reads instead, 'He shall endure as long as the sun, and while the moon doth shine.'... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON THE MOWN GRASS] to start the new growth. LXX and V ulg. render, 'upon a fleece': cp. PBV 'into a fleece of wool.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The metaphor of Psalms 72:6 is continued. 'Righteousness' (LXX) and peace are the vegetation which springs up after the fertilising showers. 8-11. These vv. should be read as a prayer rather than as a prediction. 'May he have dominion.. M ay they bow,' etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM SEA TO SEA] from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. THE RIVER] RV 'the River,' the Euphrates in the E. THE ENDS OF THE EARTH] the extreme W: see Exodus 23:31; 1 Kings 4:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY THAT DWELL IN THE WILDERNESS] the wandering desert tribes. LICK THE DUST] the attitude of abject submission.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (Isaiah 43:8; Isaiah 45:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR ALSO, etc.] RV 'and the poor that hath no helper.'... [ Continue Reading ]
PRECIOUS SHALL THEIR BLOOD BE] Human life will be protected, and not held cheap, as it is where tyranny flourishes.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL LIVE] better, 'May he live, and may men give him.. may they pray,' etc. FOR HIM] PBV renders, 'prayer shall be made ever unto him': an indefensible translation, which has arisen from an exclusive reference of the Ps. to Christ. 16, 17. These vv. also are best read as a prayer. 'May there b... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HANDFUL] RV 'abundance.' IN THE EARTH] better, 'in the land.' SHAKE LIKE LEBANON] wave or rustle like the cedars of Lebanon. _They_ OF THE CITY, etc.] better, 'may men spring forth out of the city like grass of the earth.'... [ Continue Reading ]
BE BLESSED] RM 'bless themselves': see Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 (RM), and cp. Isaiah 65:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Intro, to Book 2.... [ Continue Reading ]