"[A Psalm] (a) for Solomon." Give the king thy (b) judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's (c) son.
(a) Composed by David concerning the reign of his son Solomon.
(b) Imbue the king with the Spirit of wisdom and justice, that he reign not as the worldly tyrants do.
(c) That is, to his posterity.
PSALM LXXII _David prays to God for Solomon_, 1; _prescribes Solomon's work_, 2; _the effects of his administration_, 3-7; _the extent of his dominion_, 8-11; _his mercy and kindness to the poor,...
GIVE THE KING - Supposing the psalm to have been composed by David in view of the inauguration of his son and successor, this is a prayer that God would bestow on him the qualifications which would te...
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 ...
TITLE. FOR SOLOMON. Not of, but concerning. See Epilogue by David for his son Solomon, and for his "Greater Son", the Messiah. Written after Solomon _'_. second investiture, 1 Chronicles 29:23 (921 B....
God is the source of all judgement (Deuteronomy 1:17); the king is His representative for administering it. May God therefore grant him such a knowledge of the divine laws and ordinances by which he i...
A prayer that God will confer upon the king the gifts which he needs for the right exercise of his office. Then righteousness will bear the fruit of peace; redress and repression of wrong will promote...
_David praying for Solomon, sheweth the goodness and glory of his kingdom in type, and in truth of Christ's kingdom: he blesseth God._ _A Psalm_ for Solomon. _TITLE._ לשׁלמה _LISHLOMOH, FOR SOLOMON_—...
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...
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. Psalms 72:1.- God grants righteousness to His king in answer to prayer; whence righteousness and peace result among th...
72:1 For (f-1) Or 'Of,' or 'Concerning.'...
JUDGMENTS.. RIGHTEOUSNESS] the qualities of a great and upright ruler: see Psalms 72:2. THE KING'S SON] a parallel expression for the king....
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...
The order of the words should be noticed — “judgments,” “righteousness,” “righteousness,” “judgment” — as offering a good instance of introverted parallelism. With regard to the meaning of the words w...
THE KING... THE KING’S SON. — The article is wanting in the Hebrew....
לִ שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְ מֶ֣לֶךְ...
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...
Asaph. See Psalm xlix. We shall not undertake to decide whether he composed or only sung this psalm; (Berthier) or whether he lived under David or Josaphat, or rather during the captivity. Those who a...
CONTENTS This Psalm is entitled a Psalm for Solomon; but under that title we are taught by the divine word that it is a prophecy concerning the Lord Jesus; and a greater than Solomon is here. It is i...
1._O God! give thy judgments to the king. _(124) While David, to whom the promise had been made, at his death affectionately recommended to God his son, who was to succeed him in his kingdom, he doubt...
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....
GIVE THE KING THY JUDGMENTS, O GOD,.... A prayer of David, or of the church he represents, to God the Father concerning Christ; for he is "the King" meant; which is the sense of the old Jewish synagog...
Psalms 72:1 «[A Psalm] for Solomon. » Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. _A Psalm for Solomon_] Whom his father David had crowned while yet alive; and now,...
_Give the king_ Namely, Solomon, who was now anointed king, although his father was yet living, 1 Kings 1:39; _thy judgments_ Either, 1st, Thy statutes and precepts, often called God's judgments; as t...
Give the King Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the King's Son. The Messiah is King and the Son of a King. To Him God gives, equips Him with, His righteousness, with His judgments. Ever...
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...
1 This psalm belongs to Solomon in part, but to Christ more fully and clearly. Solomon was both the king and the king's son, and his pious father desired that the wisdom of God might be in him, that h...
PSALM 72 THE ARGUMENT That this Psalm was made by David is evident from PSALMS 72:20, and that it was made with respect to Solomon is no less certain from the very title of it: and that David, or at l...
Psalms 72:1 Solomon H8010 Give H5414 (H8798) king H4428 judgments H4941 God H430 righteousness H6666 kings H4428 Son...
GIVE THE KING The Psalm as a whole forms a complete vision of Messiah's kingdom so far as the Old Testament revelation extended. All David's prayers will find their fruition in the kingdom (Psalms 72...
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...
Psalms 72:1. _Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son._ «Give the king thy judgments, O God.» The right to reign was transmitted by descent from David to Solomon...
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...
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 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Kings 1:39;...
Judgments — He saith judgments in the plural number, because though the office of judging and ruling was but one, yet there were divers parts and branches, of it; in all which he begs that Solomon may...