George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 72:13
And I said, is added by the Septuagint to connect the sentence. (Berthier) --- Hebrew, "truly in vain." --- Innocent. Keeping company with them, and avoiding evil, Psalm xxv. 6.
And I said, is added by the Septuagint to connect the sentence. (Berthier) --- Hebrew, "truly in vain." --- Innocent. Keeping company with them, and avoiding evil, Psalm xxv. 6.
HE SHALL SPARE THE POOR AND NEEDY - He will have pity on; he will show mercy or favor to them. AND SHALL SAVE THE SOULS OF THE NEEDY - Will guard and defend them; will be their protector and friend....
Psalms 72 The Kingdom Psalm __ 1. The King, who reigns in righteousness (Psalms 72:1) 2. His kingdom from sea to sea (Psalms 72:5) 3. The blessings and the kingdom ...
POOR. impoverished. Hebrew. _dal._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. SOULS. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
May all nations submit to this best of rulers, recognising the paramount claim of moral supremacy....
He shall have pity on the weak and needy, And the souls of the needy shall he save. _The weak_may include the sick as well as the poor. Cp. Psalms 40:1; Psalms 82:3-4; Isaiah 10:1;...
DISCOURSE: 619 CHRIST’S GOVERNMENT OF HIS CHURCH Psalms 72:12. He shall deliver the needy, when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save...
PSALMS 72 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A People's Prayer for a Perfect King. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 72:1-4, Prayer for King of Royal Descent, that the Divine Attributes of Justice and Righteousness may be...
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. -All kings shall serve, Him because He is the Saviour of the needy. 'True love conquers; men feel it at last, weep bitterly,...
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 Ps....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
יָ֭חֹס עַל ־דַּ֣ל וְ אֶבְיֹ֑ון וְ נַפְשֹׁ֖ות
Psalms 72:1 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 warrant, as...
“HIS NAME SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER” Psalms 72:12 How is it that lands so distant as Tarshish, by the Strait of Gibraltar; so rich as Sheba and Seba in south Arabia; tribes so wild as the Bedouin of the...
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 guidan...
Here are some of the gracious acts of this almighty Sovereign in his reign of grace: he will save his poor and needy. They are the purchase of his blood, and therefore they shall be precious in his si...
Psalms 72 introduces us, not to David in suffering and conflict, but to the full reign of peace and royal blessing. It is the Son of David we have here, the source and securer of millennial blessings....
HE SHALL SPARE THE POOR AND NEEDY,.... Pity them, have mercy and compassion on them, and sympathize with them; such an one is Christ, a merciful King, as well as High Priest, who is touched with a fee...
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. Ver. 13. _He shall spare the poor and needy_] Hereby David showeth his son and all his successors, _Qualis debeat esse rex bo...
_For he shall deliver the needy_, &c. The fame of his just and merciful government shall induce multitudes either to put themselves under his rule and protection, or to show great respect and reverenc...
He shall spare, have pity on, THE POOR AND NEEDY AND SHALL SAVE THE SOULS OF THE NEEDY, delivering them from the damnation which threatens them....
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 the L...
2-17 This is a prophecy of the kingdom of Christ; many passages in it cannot be applied to the reign of Solomon. There were righteousness and peace at first in the administration of his government; b...
THE SOULS, properly so called; this being Christ's proper work to save souls; or, the lives, which oppressors shall endeavour to take away....
Psalms 72:13 spare H2347 (H8799) poor H1800 needy H34 save H3467 (H8686) souls H5315 needy H34 shall sa
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, triumph, and everlasting dominion of our Lord Jesus Chri...
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 secure the throne; but as Solomon, seated upon it,...
«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, and thy righteousness unto the king's son._ So it is...
CONTENTS: The glories of the reign of the coming King. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all shall sing «All hail the power of Jesus name, let angels prostrate fall; bring for...
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 t...
_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 whoever...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 72:1. The last psalm of Book 2 is a royal psalm. It is a prayer that David’s heirs might be faithful kings. That means ruling God’s people well, protecting the poor and need...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 72:12 These verses emphasize the NEEDY, the POOR, and the WEAK (see vv. Psalms
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 inte...
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 is an echo of that recorded in 1 Kings 3:9. The...
Psa 72:1-20 is entitled, "A Psalm for Solomon." As we read this, we find that it goes far beyond Solomon and actually is a prophecy of that Son that was promised to David, even Jesus Christ, who would...
Ezekiel 34:16; James 2:5; James 2:6; Job 5:15; Job 5:16;...