Salmos 72:2-5 RVA

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 72:2

He shall judge thy people with righteousness ,.... Or, "so shall he judge"; or, "that he may judge" F14 ידין "ut jus dicat", Tigurine version; so Ainsworth. , as the Syriac and Arabic versions; having the judgments and righteousness of God given him, he will be thereby qualified to judge the people of God; such as are so, not by creation, but by special grace; his chosen and covenant people, the redeemed and purchased people of God, and who in the effectual calling appear to be so,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:3

The mountains shall bring peace to the people ,.... The people of God, as before. Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret this of the nations, and kings of the nations, comparable to mountains and hills, as in Micah 6:1 ; that should make peace with Israel in the days of Solomon, and in the days of the King Messiah. Jarchi, of the abundance of fruit the mountains and hills should bring forth; so that there would be no contention among men about gathering it; but everyone would invite his neighbour... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:5

They shall fear thee ,.... The King Messiah, the Judge of the poor, and the destroyer of the oppressor: either the tyrants and oppressors themselves shall fear him, and such who have been aiding and assisting to them; see Revelation 11:11 ; or rather the people of God, the poor of the people, and children of the needy, judged and saved by Christ; who shall fear the Lord, both internally and externally, in the exercise of grace, and in the performance of religious worship; in all the parts... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

He shall judge thy people with righteousness - With justice and mercy mixed, or according to equity. And thy poor with judgment - Every one according to the law which thou hast appointed; but with especial tenderness to the poor and afflicted. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:3

The mountains shall bring peace - Perhaps mountains and hills are here taken in their figurative sense, to signify princes and petty governors; and it is a prediction that all governors of provinces and magistrates should administer equal justice in their several departments and jurisdictions; so that universal peace should be preserved, and the people be every where prosperous; for שלום shalom signifies both peace and prosperity, for without the former the latter never existed. But... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:5

They shall fear thee - There is no sense in which this can be spoken of Solomon, nor indeed of any other man: it belongs to Jesus Christ, and to him alone. He is the Prance of peace, who shall be feared and reverenced "through all generations, and as long as the sun and moon endure." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

Verse 2 2.He shall judge thy people in righteousness. Some read this in the form of a wish — O that he may judge, etc. Others retain the future tense; and thus it is a prophecy. But we will come nearer the correct interpretation by understanding something intermediate, as implied. All that is afterwards spoken, concerning the king, flows from the supposition, that the blessing prayed for in the first verse is conferred upon him — from the supposition that he is adorned with righteousness and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:4

Verse 4 4.He shall judge the poor of the people. The poet continues his description of the end and fruit of a righteous government, and unfolds at greater length what he had briefly touched upon concerning the afflicted among the people. But it is a truth which ought to be borne in mind, that kings can keep themselves within the bounds of justice and equity only by the grace of God; for when they are not governed by the Spirit of righteousness proceeding from heaven, their government is... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:4

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