Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 72:19
Verse Psalms 72:19. Let the whole earth be filled with his glory] Let the Gospel-the light, the Spirit, and power of Christ, fill the world.
Amen] So let it be.
And Amen.] So it shall be. Hallelujah!
Verse Psalms 72:19. Let the whole earth be filled with his glory] Let the Gospel-the light, the Spirit, and power of Christ, fill the world.
Amen] So let it be.
And Amen.] So it shall be. Hallelujah!
AND BLESSED BE HIS GLORIOUS NAME FOR EVER - The name by which he is known - referring perhaps particularly to his name “Yahweh.” Still the prayer would be, that all the names by which he is known, all...
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 ...
NAME. self. See note on Psalms 20:1. FILLED, &C. Compare Numbers 14:21....
This doxology is no part of the Psalm, but marks the close of Book ii. It is fuller than the corresponding doxology at the end of Book i (Psalms 41:13), and those at the end of Books iii (Psalms 89:52...
_his glorious name_ Lit. _the name of his glory_, as in Nehemiah 9:5. Cp the similar phrase in 1 Chronicles 29:13; Isaiah 63:14. The Name of His glory is the compendious expression for the Majesty of...
DISCOURSE: 622 PRAISE TO GOD FOR REDEMPTION Psalms 72:18. _Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things: and blessed be His glorious name for ever: and let the whole ear...
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...
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. -Doxology concluding this whole division of Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1; Psalms 3:1;...
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...
וּ בָר֤וּךְ ׀ שֵׁ֥ם כְּבֹודֹ֗ו לְ עֹ֫ולָ֥ם וְ
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...
“HIS NAME SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER” Psalms 72:12 How is it that lands so distant as Tarshish, by the Strait of Gibraltar; so rich as Sheba and Seba in south Arabia; tribes so wild as the Bedouin of the...
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...
No wonder the Prophet, after such a review as this Psalm records, of the person and glories of Christ, should break out in such an acclamation of praise to Jehovah Elohim, the God in covenant, Father,...
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....
AND BLESSED BE HIS GLORIOUS NAME FOR EVER,.... Every name of Christ is glorious in itself, and precious to his people; "like ointment poured forth", as his name Messiah, to which the allusion is in So...
And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen. Ver. 19. _And blessed be his glorious name_] Blessed and blessed; so unsatisfiable and...
_Blessed be the Lord God of Israel_ If the psalmist, in the name of the Jewish Church, had reason to bless God in this manner, for such a glorious and excellent king and governor as Solomon, and such...
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...
and blessed be His glorious name, Himself with all His divine attributes, as He has revealed Himself to men in His Word, FOREVER; AND LET THE WHOLE EARTH BE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY. AMEN, AND AMEN. As t...
18-20 We are taught to bless God in Christ, for all he has done for us by him. David is earnest in prayer for the fulfilment of this prophecy and promise. It is sad to think how empty the earth is of...
Heb. _the whole earth shall be filled with his glory_. For this may be either a prayer for or a prophecy of the spreading of the true religion in the Gentile world; which evidently relates to Christ a...
Psalms 72:19 blessed H1288 (H8803) glorious H3519 name H8034 forever H5769 earth H776 filled H4390 (H8735) glory...
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,...
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...
_Let the whole earth be filled with His glory; Amen, and Amen._ DAVID’S DYING PRAYER There was a time when this prayer was unnecessary, for the whole earth was filled with His glory. And, in a sense...
_Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things._ THE LAW OF SUGGESTION IN RELIGIOUS LIFE The law of memory recalls the same things; of association, different things. Cert...
_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 72:18 MAY THE WHOLE EARTH BE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY. That is, may the whole earth be the sanctuary where God makes his presence known (see note on Isa. 6:3)....
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 1:36; Habakkuk 2:14; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 6:3; Jeremiah 28:6;...