Psalms 72:2

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; Revelation 19:11

Related Commentaries of Psalms 72:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 de...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

judge, &c. . rule in righteousness. poor . oppressed (plural) See note on Psalms 70:5 . judgment . justice.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 futu...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. He shall judge thy people with righteousness - With justice and mercy mixed...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. He shall judge ... thy poor with judgment - the afflicted ones amon...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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, t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thy poor ] the class who suffered most from unjust and oppressive rulers.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The order of the words should be noticed — “judgments,” “righteousness,” “righteousness,” “judgment” — as offering a good instance of introverted par...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 72:1-20 RIGHTLY or wrongly, the superscription ascribes this psalm to Solomon. Its contents have led several commentators to take the super...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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 ci...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 auspi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. Ver. 2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness ] sc. If thou ple...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kingdom of Messiah. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousnes...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 perf...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm for Solomon .” Margin: “Of Solomon.” Hengstenberg: “Solomon is named in the title as the author of the Ps...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 r...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

«A Psalm for Solomon» much more for one who is greater than Solomon, the true Prince of Peace. Psalms 72:1 . Give the king thy judgments, O God, a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is a Psalm which relates to the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, not as the Man of sorrows, but as the King of glory; not as David, struggling to...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A Psalm for Solomon. This was David's dying bequest to his son Solomon, but a greater than Solomon is here, for this Psalm concerns the reign, trium...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 l...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE "title" attributes this psalm to Solomon, and the contents of the psalm are very favourable to his authorship. The prayer in P...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He shall judge Thy people with righteousness, that is, the congregation of Jehovah, and Thy poor, those truly poor in spirit, with judgment. Beca...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy afflicted ones — For such are thine in a special manner, thou art their judge and patron.

² He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 72:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 72:2