Psalms 72:8 - Exposition

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea. It does not appear that any particular seas are meant, as in Exodus 23:31 and Numbers 34:3 , Numbers 34:6 ; rather, the idea is that the earth is set in the midst of the sea, and that Messiah's dominion will reach from shore to shore. And from the river ( i.e. the Euphrates) unto the ends of the earth. Israel's promised dominion extended only as far as the great river ( Genesis 15:18 ), which was also the boundary of Solomon's kingdom eastward ( 1 Kings 4:21 , 1 Kings 4:24 ); Messiah's was to reach indefinitely beyond the river to the world's end.