Psalm 72:10 NIV

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 72:1-20

The Kingship of Jesus Psalms 72:0 There has not been wanting a disposition to empty the so-called Messianic psalms, of their references to Jesus Christ. In a sense, it is not only right but spiritually profitable to get at the immediate and literal meaning of prophecy and psalm, and every other Scripture; at the same time, why should there be any other disposition to limit the signification of the sacred writers to local and transient events, when many of them are evidently charged with... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 72:8-11

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 is mine; " and he hath the keys of hell and death. Matthew 28:13 ; Revelation 1:8 . So that from the wilderness and from the city, from the one end of the earth unto the other, all nations, kingdoms, and tribes, shall serve him. He will gather his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:10

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 the wicked; and will be tempted to make the reflections against Providence which are set down in the following verses. (Challoner) --- Protestants, "his people return hither, and waters of a full cup are wrung out for them." St. Jerome saw nothing of waters. "And who among them shall be found... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2-17

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... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 72:1-20

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 Lord, sang this hymn in honor of the great King and His eternal glory and of the spiritual blessings of His dominion. v. 1. 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... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 72:1-20

Psalms 72:0A Psalm for Solomon1 Give the king thy judgments, O God,And thy righteousness unto the king’s son.2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness,And thy poor with judgment.3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people,And the little hills, by righteousness.4 He shall judge the poor of the people,He shall save the children of the needy,And shall break in pieces the oppressor.5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,Throughout all... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 72:1-11

“King of Kings” Psalms 72:1-11 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 72:1-4 with his prayer for the listening heart, 1 Kings 3:9 ; the anticipations of peace, Psalms 72:3 ; Psalms 72:7 , with his name, “the peaceful one;” the rule from sea to sea, Psalms 72:8 , with 1 Kings 4:24 ; the presents from Sheba, Psalms 72:10 , with 1 Kings 10:1-29 . But Solomon’s failure to realize his... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 72:1-20

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 guidance from God, so reigning over his own people as to succor the needy, spoil the oppressor, and secure the prosperity of the righteous; and so reigning that the beneficial influence of the kingship and kingdom are felt over all the earth. Submission to him is followed by deliverance of the poor and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 72:10

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 countries, to which they used to go from Canaan by sea; all which are frequently called isles in Scripture, as hath been noted before. The kings that rule by sea (where Solomon had no great power) or by land. Sheba and Seba; two Arabian countries; unless the one be Arabia, and the other Ethiopia beyond... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 72:1-20

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“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 interpret לִשְׁלמֹה here, as in Psalms 127:0, in another sense. The ל, when it occurs as in the titles, without anything to limit its application, always indicates, as here, the author. In favour of the announcement in the title, we have first the remarkably objective character of the Psalm, common to it with... read more