Psalm 72:8-14 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:8

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea ,.... The same is said of the Messiah in Zechariah 9:10 ; where he is manifestly spoken of as here, and regards the extent of his dominion; not over the land of Israel only, as some think; but over the Gentile world, through the preaching of the Gospel in the several parts of it; and especially as it will be in the latter day, when the kingdoms of this world will be his, and he will be King over all the earth; see Revelation 17:14 ; which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:9

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him ,.... In token of subjection to him, reverence and worship of him, to whom every knee shall bow, Isaiah 45:23 . The Septuagint version, and others, render the word ציים , "Ethiopians", who dwell in a dry land, parched and burnt with the sun; and so it is a prophecy of their conversion to Christ, as in Psalm 68:31 ; of which there is an instance, Acts 8:27 ; the word is used of the wild beasts of the field, in Isaiah 13:21 ; to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:10

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents ,.... Tarshish either signifies the sea, as it is sometimes rendered in the Targum; and then the sense is, the kings of the sea, that is, of the islands of the sea, as it follows, shall be subject to the kingdom of Christ; and, as a token of it, bring presents to him, as the Moabites and Syrians did to David, and as several nations and kings did to Solomon, 2 Samuel 8:2 ; or it designs a large country inhabited by the Celtae F2 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:11

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him ,.... Or worship him; not with a civil, but religious worship; for such worship is due to Christ, he being God equal with the Father, and so to be equally honoured; the Creator of all things, the Redeemer of his people, Head and Lord of the church, and whom the angels adore; every part of worship is to be given him; internal, which lies in the exercise of faith, hope, love, fear, &c.; and external, which consists of prayer to him, praise of him,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:12

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ,.... Such as are not only in want, but are sensible of it, see their need of Christ and his righteousness, and salvation by him, and cry to him for the same, under a sense of their misery and danger; these he delivers out of all their troubles, and out of the hands of all their enemies, and supplies all their need; the poor also ; the poor in spirit; who acknowledge their spiritual poverty, and apply to him for the true riches; to these he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:13

He shall spare the poor and needy ,.... Pity them, have mercy and compassion on them, and sympathize with them; such an one is Christ, a merciful King, as well as High Priest, who is touched with a feeling of his people's infirmities, and who in his love and pity has redeemed them; and shall save the souls of the needy ; not to the exclusion of their bodies, which are also his care and charge, are bought with his blood, are preserved by him, will be raised from the dead, and made like... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:14

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence ,.... From all the secret and open designs and efforts of their enemies; "from deceit", and deceitfulness of sin and its lusts, so as that they shall not be finally hardened and destroyed by it; from the deceitfulness of the old serpent the devil, and all his cunning wiles and stratagems; and from false teachers, who lie in wait to deceive, and who would, if possible, deceive the very elect, but shall not: and from "violence"; from the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:8

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea - The best comment on this, as it refers to Solomon, may be found in 1 Kings 4:21 , 1 Kings 4:24 ; : "And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms, from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt; for he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about him." Solomon, it appears, reigned over all the provinces... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:9

They that dwell in the wilderness - The ציים tsiyim , termed Ethiopians by the Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic. The Syriac terms them the islands. But it is likely that those who dwell by the sea-coasts, and support themselves by navigation and fishing, are here intended. His enemies shall lick the dust - Shall be so completely subdued, that they shall be reduced to the most abject state of vassalage, till they shall become proselytes to the Jewish faith. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 72:2-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:9

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