“ He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. ”
He shall judge thy people with righteousness - On this verse see the notes at Isaiah 11:3-4 . The fact that this so entirely accords with the description in Isaiah 11 , which undoubtedly refers...
judge, &c. . rule in righteousness. poor . oppressed (plural) See note on Psalms 70:5 . judgment . justice.
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 c...
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. He shall judge thy people with righteousness - With justice and mercy mixed, or according to equity. And thy poor with judgm...
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. He shall judge ... thy poor with judgment - the afflicted ones among the people of God.
Title.— A Psalm for (RV 'of') Solomon. The title in AV suggests that David is the writer, and Solomon the subject, of this Ps., but, as RV shows, the authorship is really ascribed to Solomon. The P...
The order of the words should be noticed — “judgments,” “righteousness,” “righteousness,” “judgment” — as offering a good instance of introverted parallelism. With regard to the meaning of the words...
Psalms 72:1-20 RIGHTLY or wrongly, the superscription ascribes this psalm to Solomon. Its contents have led several commentators to take the superscription in a meaning for which there is no warra...
“King of Kings” Psalms 72:1-11 Solomon's reign opened as a morning without clouds. Much of the imagery of this royal ode is derived from the circumstances of his life. Compare Psalms 72:1-4 w...
This is a great psalm of the Theocracy. Incidentally the whole perfect order is revealed. God high over all enthroned, and in all actively governing. The king, appointed by God, and gaining his guida...
The prophet having with an eye of faith, beheld the advent of the Redeemer, goes on, under the same spirit of prophecy, to describe the blessed auspices of his reign. I would observe, once for all, w...
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...
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. Ver. 2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness ] sc. If thou please to remember thy promise to me, and to answer t...
He shall judge thy people with righteousness Namely, if thou givest him what I have desired. And by this prediction he tacitly admonishes him of, and obliges him to, the performance of his duty. Or...
The Kingdom of Messiah. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains s...
He shall judge, to wit, if thou givest him what I have desired. And by this prediction he doth tacitly admonish him of, and oblige him to, the performance of his duty herein. Or, Let him judge ; t...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm for Solomon .” Margin: “Of Solomon.” Hengstenberg: “Solomon is named in the title as the author of the Psalm. Attempts have been made, to no purpose, to in...
Psalms 72:1 . 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 Solo...
The Hebrew doctors have transmitted this psalm as the last that David composed. It was sung at the inauguration of Solomon to the throne, when Zadok had anointed him to be king over Israel, and when...
Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king’s son. The world-wanted king Society cannot exist without laws: these laws require to be expressed and enforced, and whoe...
EXPOSITION THE "title" attributes this psalm to Solomon, and the contents of the psalm are very favourable to his authorship. The prayer in Psalms 72:1-19 is an echo of that recorded in 1 K...
The Majestic Reign of the Messiah. A psalm for Solomon, composed by Solomon; for he, under whose wise reign Israel reached the summit of its glory and power and was filled with the blessings of th...
1 Kings 3:5-10 ; Isaiah 11:3-5 ; Isaiah 32:1 ; Isaiah 32:17 ; Jeremiah 33:15 ; Job 34:19 ; Psalms 12:5 ; Psalms 82:3 ; Psalms 82:4 ; Psalms 45:6 ; Psalms 45:7 ; Psalms 72:12-14 ; Revelat...
Thy afflicted ones — For such are thine in a special manner, thou art their judge and patron.