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Psalms 72:1
A psalm of Solomon.
Give your love of justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king's son.Bible Study Resources
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O God, give the king Your judgments,And Your righteousness to the king's son.
A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's son.O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes: and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.
For Solomon.
O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's Son.
Of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, O God; and Your righteousness to the king's son.
To Solomon.
God, help the king be like you and make fair decisions. Help the king's son know what justice is.<
In thee, O Lord, doe I put my trust, let me neuer be put to confusion.
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Geue the kinge thy iudgmet (o God) and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.
A Solomon Psalm Give the gift of wise rule to the king, O God, the gift of just rule to the crown prince. May he judge your people rightly, be honorable to your meek and lowly. Let the mountains give exuberant witness; shape the hills with the contours of right living. Please stand up for the poor, help the children of the needy, come down hard on the cruel tyrants. Outlast the sun, outlive the moon— age after age after age. Be rainfall on cut grass, earth-refreshing rain showers. Let righteousness burst into blossom and peace abound until the moon fades to nothing. Rule from sea to sea, from the River to the Rim.
Give the king [knowledge of] Your judgments, O God, And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king's son [to guide all his ways].
A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son.[A Psalm] of Solomon. Give the king your judgments, O God, And your righteousness to the king's son.
[A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness to the king's son.
For Solomon.
O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!(By Solomon.)
Please help the king to be honest and fair just like you, our God.By Shlomo: God, give the king your fairness in judgment, endow this son of kings with your righteousness,
A Psalme of Salomon. Giue thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.
GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness to the kings son,
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[A Psalm] of Solomon. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king's son;
O God, make the king right in what he decides. Make the king's son right with You.
O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king’s son;
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
Of Solomon.
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king's son.(71-1) <A psalm on Solomon.> (71-2) Give to the king thy judgment, O God, and to the king’s son thy justice:
Of Solomon.
O God, give your judgments to the king, and your righteousness to the king's son.Of Solomon.
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!Give the king Your judgments, God, And Your righteousness to the king's son.
Of Solomon.
God, give the king your good judgment and the king's son your goodness.Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God; share with him your own justice,
Solomonic.
God, give Your justice to the king and Your righteousness to the king's son.The title of the oon and seuentithe salm. `To Salomon.
By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal son!
Contextual Overview
A psalm of Solomon.
Give your love of justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king's son.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
for: or, of, Psalms 127:1, *title
Give: 1 Kings 1:39-53, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 1 Chronicles 22:13, 1 Chronicles 29:19, 2 Chronicles 1:10, Isaiah 11:2, John 3:34, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9
the king's: 1 Kings 1:47, 1 Kings 1:48, 1 Kings 2:1-4, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:35 - I have 1 Kings 3:9 - to judge 2 Kings 2:9 - Ask what 2 Kings 15:5 - judging 1 Chronicles 28:5 - to sit Psalms 19:9 - judgments Psalms 21:1 - The king Psalms 45:6 - the sceptre Psalms 58:1 - Do Psalms 99:4 - strength Psalms 119:66 - Teach me Psalms 145:7 - sing Psalms 145:11 - the glory Proverbs 8:15 - decree Proverbs 16:10 - A divine sentence Proverbs 29:2 - the righteous Proverbs 31:9 - General Isaiah 9:7 - to establish it Isaiah 11:4 - But with Isaiah 28:6 - for a spirit Isaiah 32:1 - king Jeremiah 21:12 - Execute Jeremiah 22:16 - judged Jeremiah 33:15 - and he Ezekiel 37:22 - and one Daniel 2:44 - set up Matthew 21:5 - thy King Luke 24:44 - in the psalms John 8:16 - yet Acts 2:30 - he Acts 10:36 - preaching 1 Timothy 2:2 - kings Hebrews 7:2 - King of righteousness 1 John 3:7 - even
Gill's Notes on the 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" 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 of eminence, as in Psalms 45:1; not only the King of the world in right of creation and preservation, in conjunction; with his Father, having an equal right with him; but of saints, of the church and people of God, by the designation and constitution of his Father; hence he was promised and prophesied of as a King, Jeremiah 23:5 Zechariah 9:9; and he came into the world as such, though his kingdom did not appear very manifest in his state of humiliation; yet at his ascension it did, when he was made and declared Lord and Christ; and it is for the manifestation of his kingdom, and the glory of it, the psalmist here prays. For by "judgments" are meant not the statutes and laws of God, given him to be shown, explained unto, and enforced on others, which rather belongs to his prophetic office, or as the rule of his government; nor the judgments of God to be inflicted upon wicked men, which is only one part of his kingly office; but of all power in heaven and in earth, which was given him by his Father upon his resurrection, and about the time of his ascension, Matthew 28:18; and is the same with "all judgment" committed by him to his Son, John 5:22; and which explains the clause here, and is the reason why it is expressed in the plural number here; which takes in the whole of the power and authority, the kingdom, and the greatness of the kingdom, delivered to Christ; and which chiefly lies in the government of the church, which is on his shoulders, and is committed into his hand; exercised in enacting laws, and delivering out ordinances, to be observed by the saints, and in the protection and defence of them; and also includes his judgment of the world at the last day, to which he is ordained and appointed by his Father, and will be managed and conducted by him;
and thy righteousness unto the King's Son; who is the same with the King, as Jarchi well observes; for only one single person is afterwards spoken of, and designs the Messiah; who, as a divine Person, is the Son of the King of kings, the only begotten of the Father, the true and proper Son of God; and, as man, the Son of David the king. And so the Targum,
"and thy righteousness to the Son of David the king;''
a known name of the Messiah, Matthew 1:1. And by "righteousness" is meant, not the essential righteousness of God; this Christ has by nature equally with his divine Father, and is not given or communicated to him; but the fulness of the graces of the Spirit, and perfection of virtues, which he received without measure; whereby, as Mediator, he is abundantly qualified to judge with righteousness, and reprove with equity; and not as other judges do, after the sight of the eyes, or hearing of the ears; see Isaiah 11:2. Unless it can be understood of the everlasting righteousness, which Christ has wrought out, called his Father's, because appointed in council and covenant, approved of and accepted by him, and imputed to his people. To work out this righteousness was not only given to Christ in covenant, but he was sent in the fulness of time to do it; and had a power given him, as Mediator, to justify many with it, Isaiah 53:11; and which may be here prayed for. Jerom, by the "King's Son", understands such as are regenerated, and taken into the adoption of children; and to such the righteousness of God is given. This is a truth, but not the sense of the text.
m In Yalkut Simeoni, par. 2. fol. 112. 2.
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 God would bestow on him the qualifications which would tend to secure a just, a protracted, and a peaceful reign. Though it is to be admitted that the psalm was designed to refer ultimately to the Messiah, and to be descriptive of âhisâ reign, yet there is no impropriety in supposing that the psalmist believed the reign of Solomon would be, in some proper sense emblematic of that reign, and that it was his desire the reign of the one âmight,â as far as possible, resemble that of the other. There is no improbability, therefore, in supposing that the mind of the psalmist might have been directed to both in the composition of the psalm, and that while he used the language of prayer for the one, his eye was mainly directed to the characteristics of the other.
Thy judgments - Knowledge; authority; ability to execute thy judgments, or thy laws. That is, he speaks of the king as appointed to administer justice; to maintain the laws of God, and to exercise judicial power. It is one of the primary ideas in the character of a king that he is the fountain of justice; the maker of the laws; the dispenser of right to all his subjects. The officers of the law administer justice âunderâ him; the last appeal is to him.
And thy righteousness - That is, Clothe him, in the administration of justice, with a righteousness like thine own. Let it be seen that he represents âthee;â that his government may be regarded as thine own administration through him.
Unto the kingâs son - Not only to him, but to his successor; that is, let the administration of justice in the government be perpetuated. There is no improbability in supposing that in this the psalmist may have designed also to refer to the last and the greatest of his successors in the line - the Messiah.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM LXXII
David prays to God for Solomon, 1;
prescribes Solomon's work, 2;
the effects of his administration, 3-7;
the extent of his dominion, 8-11;
his mercy and kindness to the poor, and the perpetuity of his
praise, 12-17.
God is blessed for his power and goodness; and the psalmist
prays that the whole earth may be filled with his glory, 18-20.
NOTES ON PSALM LXXII
The title ×ש××× lishelomoh, we translate, A Psalm for Solomon. The Chaldee says, "By the hand of Solomon, spoken prophetically." The Syriac, "A Psalm of David, when he had constituted Solomon king." All the other Versions attribute it to Solomon himself. But in the conclusion of the Psalm it appears to be attributed to David. "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended." It is most probably a Psalm of David, composed in his last days, when he had set this beloved son on the throne of the kingdom. "Then," says Calmet, "transported with joy and gratitude, he addressed this Psalm to God, in which he prays him to pour out his blessings on the young king, and upon the people. He then, wrapped up in a Divine enthusiasm, ascends to a higher subject; and sings the glory of the Messiah, and the magnificence of his reign. Hence it is that we may see in this Psalm a great number of expressions which cannot relate to Solomon, unless in a hyperbolical and figurative sense; but, applied to Christ, they are literally and rigorously exact."
Verse Psalms 72:1. Give the king thy judgments — Let Solomon receive thy law, as the civil and ecclesiastical code by which he is to govern the kingdom.
And thy righteousness unto the king's son. — Righteousness may signify equity. Let him not only rule according to the strict letter of thy law, that being the base on which all his decisions shall be founded; but let him rule also according to equity, that rigorous justice may never become oppressive. Solomon is called here the king, because now set upon the Jewish throne; and he is called the king's son, to signify his right to that throne on which he now sat.
