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Psalm 72:1 through Psalm 72:7 (NIV)
1 Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 He will judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 He will defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
he will crush the oppressor.
5 He will endure as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days the righteous will flourish;
prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.
Psalm 72:10 through Psalm 72:14 (NIV)
10 The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
will bring tribute to him;
the kings of Sheba and Seba
will present him gifts.
11 All kings will bow down to him
and all nations will serve him.
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence,
for precious is their blood in his sight.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSE 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 his reign might be a remembrance of the
kingdom of the Messiah. It is the prayer of a father for his child; a dying
blessing. The best we can ask of God for our children is, that God would give
them wisdom and grace to know and to do their duty.
VERSES 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; but, before the end of his reign, there
were troubles and unrighteousness. The kingdom here spoken of is to last as long
as the sun, but Solomon’s was soon at an end. Even the Jewish expositors
understood it of the kingdom of the Messiah. Observe many great and precious
promises here made, which were to have full accomplishment only in the kingdom
of Christ. As far as his kingdom is set up, discord and contentions cease, in
families, churches, and nations. The law of Christ, written in the heart,
disposes men to be honest and just, and to render to all their due; it likewise
disposes men to live in love, and so produces abundance of peace. Holiness and
love shall be lasting in Christ’s kingdom. Through all the changes of the world,
and all the changes of life, Christ’s kingdom will support itself. And he shall,
by the graces and comforts of his Spirit, come down like rain upon the mown
grass; not on that cut down, but that which is left growing, that it may spring
again. His gospel has been, or shall be, preached to all nations. Though he
needs not the services of any, yet he must be served with the best. Those that
have the wealth of this world, must serve Christ with it, do good with it.
Prayer shall be made through him, or for his sake; whatever we ask of the
Father, should be in his name. Praises shall be offered to him: we are under the
highest obligations to him. Christ only shall be feared throughout all
generations. To the end of time, and to eternity, his name shall be praised. All
nations shall call HIM blessed.