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Psalms 72:18
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things, all glory and honor being given to Him alone;
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things, all glory and honor being given to Him alone;
Verse Psalms 72:18. _BLESSED_ BE _THE LORD GOD_] David foresaw all Solomon's _grandeur_; his _justice, equity_, and the _happiness_ of the _subjects_ under his government; and his soul has, in conseq...
BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL - The God who rules over Israel; the God who is worshipped by the Hebrew people, and who is recognized as their God. They adore him as the true God; and he “...
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 ...
BLESSED, &C. This doxology closes the second book of the Psalms. Hebrew. _barak,_ not _'asher._ THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Some codices omit "Elohim" here, with Septuagint, Syriac, and...
_who only doeth wondrous_things] Cp. Psalms 86:10; Psalms 136:4; Job 9:10; and note on Psalms 71:17....
This doxology is no part of the Psalm, but marks the close of Book ii. It is fuller than the corresponding doxology at the end of Book i (Psalms 41:13), and those at the end of Books iii (Psalms 89:52...
DISCOURSE: 622 PRAISE TO GOD FOR REDEMPTION Psalms 72:18. _Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things: and blessed be His glorious name for ever: and let the whole ear...
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...
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. -Doxology concluding this whole division of Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1; Psalms 3:1;...
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...
בָּר֤וּךְ ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עֹשֵׂ֖ה...
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...
Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth (p) wondrous things. (p) He confesses that unless God miraculously preserves his people neither the king nor the kingdom can continue....
Thou hast put it to them. In punishment of their deceits, or for deceiving them, thou hast brought evils upon them in their last end, which in their prosperity they never apprehended. (Challoner) ---...
No wonder the Prophet, after such a review as this Psalm records, of the person and glories of Christ, should break out in such an acclamation of praise to Jehovah Elohim, the God in covenant, Father,...
18._Blessed be Jehovah God! the God of Israel. _(147) David, after having prayed for prosperity to his successors, breaks forth in praising God, because he was assured by the divine oracle that his pr...
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....
BLESSED [BE] THE LORD GOD,.... The Messiah, who is truly and properly God, Jehovah, Lord of all, and the Lord our righteousness; to whom such a doxology or ascription of glory and blessing properly be...
Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. Ver. 18. _Blessed be the Lord God_] _Sunt verba componentis; _ these are the words of the psalmist, say the Rabbis, bless...
_Blessed be the Lord God of Israel_ If the psalmist, in the name of the Jewish Church, had reason to bless God in this manner, for such a glorious and excellent king and governor as Solomon, and such...
18-20 We are taught to bless God in Christ, for all he has done for us by him. David is earnest in prayer for the fulfilment of this prophecy and promise. It is sad to think how empty the earth is of...
Who hath given to his people such a glorious and excellent king and governor, and such wonderful blessings as they do and shall enjoy under his government....
Psalms 72:18 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 God H430 God H430 Israel H3478 does H6213 (H8802) things...
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,...
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...
_Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things._ THE LAW OF SUGGESTION IN RELIGIOUS LIFE The law of memory recalls the same things; of association, different things. Cert...
_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 72:18 MAY THE WHOLE EARTH BE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY. That is, may the whole earth be the sanctuary where God makes his presence known (see note on Isa. 6:3)....
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...
1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Chronicles 29:20; Daniel 4:2; Daniel 4:3;...