John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people ,.... Of the people of God, whether among Jews or Gentiles; See Gill on Psalm 72:2 ; he shall save the children of the needy ; whose parents being needy, they are so too, in a spiritual sense, and in distressed circumstances. Such Christ saves from their sins; from the curses and condemnation of the law: from, wrath to come, and out of the hands of all their enemies; and shall break in pieces the oppressor ; the tyrant Satan, the god of this... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 72:2-17
This is a prophecy of the prosperity and perpetuity of the kingdom of Christ under the shadow of the reign of Solomon. It comes in, 1. As a plea to enforce the prayer: ?Lord, give him thy judgments and thy righteousness, and then he shall judge thy people with righteousness, and so shall answer the end of his elevation, Ps. 72:2. Give him thy grace, and then thy people, committed to his charge, will have the benefit of it.? Because God loved Israel, he made him king over them to do judgment... read more