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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 72 [A Psalm] for Solomon. The title of this psalm is by some rendered, "a psalm of Solomon" (h); as a psalm לדוד, "for David", is often rendered "a psalm of David"; and so make Solomon to be the writer of it: to which the Targum inclines, which paraphrases it, "by the hand of Solomon, said in prophecy.'' But, though Solomon...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Give the King thy judgments, O God,.... A prayer of David, or of the church he represents, to God the Father concerning Christ; for he is "the King" meant; which is the sense of the old Jewish synagogue: the Targum is, "give the constitutions of thy judgments to the King Messiah;'' and so their Midrash (m) interprets it. He is "the King", by way...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
The foregoing psalm was penned by David when he was old, and, it should seem, so was this too; for Solomon was now standing fair for the crown; that was his prayer for himself, this for his son and successor, and with these two the prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended, as we find in the close of this psalm. If we have but God's presence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. “Give the king thy judgments, O God.” The right to reign was transmitted by descent from David to Solomon, but not by that means alone: Israel was a theocracy, and the kings were but the viceroys of the greater King; hence the prayer that the new king might be enthroned...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. So it is decreed, and so it has been accomplished, that Jesus, who is both a King and a King’s son, should have all judgment delivered into his hand. And now at this time Christ is the judge. It is he who discerns between the precious and the vile. He sits as King in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. Our Lord Jesus Christ is both a King and the Son of a King. He is King of kings, and therefore our Sovereign by his own native right; but he is also our sovereign Prince as the Son of God. Oh, that the Lord would visibly give into his hands power over all the people of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. It is the distinguishing mark of Christ’s kingdom that he cares so much for the poor, whereas in other kingdoms they are generally pushed to the wall, and men of great estate and consequence get...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. Give the king thy judgments, O God. The right to reign was transmitted by descent from David to Solomon, but not by that means alone: Israel was a theocracy, and the kings were but the viceroys of the greater King; hence the prayer that the new king might be enthroned by divine right, and then endowed with divine wisdom. Our glorious King...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He shall judge thy people with righteousness,.... Or, "so shall he judge"; or, "that he may judge" (n), 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment, “He shall judge thy people with righteousness.” Clothed with divine authority, he shall use it on the behalf of the favoured nation, for whom he shall show himself strong, that they be not misjudged, slandered, or in any way treated maliciously. His sentence shall put their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. The kingdom of Christ has a special eye to the poor. They are generally passed by and forgotten in the scope of legislature among men, but Christ makes even his poor people — the poor in spirit also — to be the objects of his judgment.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment. It is the peculiar characteristic of the reigning Christ that he has his eye chiefly upon the poor. Most princes rule in the interest of the great ones around them, but our King rules for the good of the poor of his people.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. “The mountains shall bring peace to the people.” Thence, aforetime, rushed the robber bands which infested the country; but now the forts there erected are the guardians of the land, and the watchmen publish far and near the tidings that no foe is to be seen....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. In the reign of Christ there shall be no treading down of the little by great — no pressure put upon the feeble by the strong, but his right...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. The reign of Christ is the reign of righteousness, the rule of true uprightness; and consequently it is the reign of peace, and love, and joy. Oh that his gentle rule were acknowledged by all the kings of this world!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mountains shall bring peace to thee people and the little hills, by righteousness. Those mountains, in whose caves robbers lurked, and from whose heights enemies often came down, and swept away the little estates of the lowlanders, even these shall bring peace and comfort. “No strife shall vex Messiah’s reign.” When Jesus Christ comes a second...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He shall judge the poor of the people,.... Of the people of God, whether among Jews or Gentiles; [See comments on Psalms 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:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. “He shall judge the poor of the people.” He will do them justice, yea, and blessed be his name, more than justice, for he will delight to do them good. “He shall save the children of the needy.” Poor, helpless things, they were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. This is the King we want to reign over us. Oh, that the day were come for him to take the crowns from all other heads, and to wear them on his own, and to take all sceptres from other hands, and gather sheaves of them beneath...