Psalms 72:1

Judgments.. righteousness] the qualities of a great and upright ruler: see Psalms 72:2. The king's son] a parallel expression for the king.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Give the king - Supposing the psalm to have been composed by David in view of the inauguration of his son and successor, this is a prayer that Go...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"[A Psalm] (a) for Solomon." Give the king thy (b) judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's (c) son. (a) Composed by David concerning...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. for Solomon. Not of, but concerning. See Epilogue by David for his son Solomon, and for his "Greater Son", the Messiah. Written after Solomo...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. O God! give thy judgments to the king. (124) While David, to whom the promise had been made, at his death affectionately recommended to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. Give the king thy judgments - Let Solomon recei...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David praying for Solomon, sheweth the goodness and glory of his kingdom in type, and in truth of Christ's kingdom: he blesseth God. A Psalm fo...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. Psalms 72:1-20 .- God grants righteousness to His king in answ...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The king... the king’s son. — The article is wanting in the Hebrew.
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

CONTENTS This Psalm is entitled a Psalm for Solomon; but under that title we are taught by the divine word that it is a prophecy concerning the Lord...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 72:1 «[A Psalm] for Solomon. » Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. A Psalm for Solomon ] Whom...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Give the king Namely, Solomon, who was now anointed king, although his father was yet living, 1 Kings 1:39 ; thy judgments Either, 1st, Thy stat...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Solomon. A psalm for Solomon. 1 Give the king thy jud...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 72 THE ARGUMENT That this Psalm was made by David is evident from Psalms 72:20 , and that it was made with respect to Solomon is no less c...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

Give the king The Psalm as a whole forms a complete vision of Messiah's kingdom so far as the Old Testament revelation extended. All David's p...
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

Give the King Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the King's Son. The Messiah is King and the Son of a King. To Him God gives, equips Hi...
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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:12 ; 1 Chronicles 22:13 ; 1 Chronicles 29:19 ; 1 Kings 1:39-53 ; 1 Kings 1:47 ; 1 Kings 1:48 ; 1 Kings 2:1-4 ; 2 Chronicles 1...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judgments — He saith judgments in the plural number, because though the office of judging and ruling was but one, yet there were divers parts and b...

¹ Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 72:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Scofield Reference Notes

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 72:1