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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Psalms 72:1-20
The subject of this psalm is Solomon (see the title), a type of Christ, King of righteousness and of peace. After the time of sufferings and conflict of which the preceding psalm speaks, there will follow the righteous and blessed reign of the Messiah, the Son of David. With Him the poor and afflicted, all the unhappy souls on the earth, will find mercy and help. Violence and oppression, the exploitation of the weak by the strong, all injustice will come to an end, at the same time also as material suffering and undernourishment which today affects at least half the population of the globe. "There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains" (v. 16 JND trans.). "Abundance of peace" (v. 7), "abundance of corn," speak of the good things which mankind desires most. But all these blessings will at long last call forth an echo of grateful praise in the hearts of men who are today so ungrateful for all God’s goodness. In that day, heaven will bless the earth, and the earth will reply (cf. Hosea 2:21-22). Then the glory of the LORD will cover the earth (v. 19; Numbers 14:21). It is on this note of praise and on the contemplation of the true Solomon that the 2nd book of Psalms ends.
