They shall fear Thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations, that is, the relation of the believers to their King is one of holy awe and reverence, by which they give Him the honor which is due Him, divine honor and glory. This is done before the sun, as long as the sun runs his course, and before the moon, as long as she stands in the sky, that is, to the end of time.
Verse Psalms 72:5. _THEY SHALL FEAR THEE_] There is no sense in which this can be spoken of _Solomon_, nor indeed of any other man: it belongs to _Jesus Christ_, and to him alone. He is the _Prince of...
THEY SHALL FEAR THEE - That is, “men” shall fear thee, or thou shalt be feared, or reverenced. The idea is, that his reign would continue, or that he would be obeyed during all the time mentioned here...
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 ...
A prayer that God will confer upon the king the gifts which he needs for the right exercise of his office. Then righteousness will bear the fruit of peace; redress and repression of wrong will promote...
They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon doth shine, throughout all generations. Who is addressed? Not the king, who is spoken of throughout in the third person, but God....
THEY SHALL FEAR THEE— _Let both high and low equally reverence him throughout all generations; whilst the sun and moon shall endure._ Chandler. The meaning is, that all posterity shall revere Solomon...
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...
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. THEY SHALL FEAR THEE AS LONG AS THE SUN AND MOON ENDURE - literally, 'with, the sun and before (in the presence...
72:5 endure, (h-11) Lit. 'with the sun and before the moon.' see 'as long as the sun,' lit. 'before the sun,' ver. 17. generation. (i-15) Lit. 'generation of generations.'...
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....
THEY SHALL FEAR THEE] not the king, but God. LXX reads instead, 'He shall endure as long as the sun, and while the moon doth shine.'...
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...
THEY SHALL... — Literally, _may they fear Thee_ (coevally) _with the sun, and in the face of the moon, generation of generation._ For the preposition, “coevally with,” see Dan. 3:33; (Hebrew) and comp...
יִֽירָא֥וּךָ עִם ־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְ לִ פְנֵ֥י יָ֝רֵ
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...
“KING OF KINGS” Psalms 72:1 Solomon's reign opened as a morning without clouds. Much of the imagery of this royal ode is derived from the circumstances of his life. Compare Psalms 72:1 with his praye...
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...
They shall (f) fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. (f) The people will embrace your true religion, when you give a king who rules according to your word....
Other _men, who follow a more virtuous course (Worthington) than themselves. Their prosperity encourages their pride, and they indulge in every excess. (Worthington)_...
Here is a verse, which, if needed by way of confirmation, is enough to cast forever to the ground all the childish ideas which some may have taken, as if this Psalm had any reference to Solomon, king...
5._They shall fear thee with the sun _If this is read as an apostrophe, or change of person, it may be properly and without violence understood of the king; implying, that the ornaments or distinction...
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....
THEY SHALL FEAR THEE,.... The King Messiah, the Judge of the poor, and the destroyer of the oppressor: either the tyrants and oppressors themselves shall fear him, and such who have been aiding and as...
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. Ver. 5. _They shall fear thee_] Who hast blessed them with so good a king; such as maketh it his main care to set...
_They shall fear thee_, &c. Most commentators consider the psalmist as suddenly turning his speech to Solomon here, and signifying that his wisdom and righteous administration of his government should...
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...
FEAR; or, _reverence_, or _worship_, as this word is used, ISAIAH 29:13, compared with MATTHEW 15:9, and elsewhere. _Thee_; either, 1. Thee, O king, to whom he suddenly turneth his speech. And so this...
Psalms 72:5 fear H3372 (H8799) long H5973 sun H8121 moon H3394 endure H6440 all H1755 generations H1755...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
«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...
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. 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...
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...
_They shall fear Thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations._ THE PERPETUITY AND IMPERISHABLE NATURE OF THE RELIGION OF CHRIST The grand doctrine brought before us in these w...
_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 72:5 WHILE THE SUN ENDURES, TILL THE MOON BE NO MORE (that is, always). This span of time suggests that this psalm ultimately refers to the Messiah. May they fear you
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 Corinthians 15:24; 1 Corinthians 15:25; 1 Kings 3:28; 1 Samuel 12:18;...
Thee — Thee, O God, this shall be another blessed fruit of this righteous government, that together with peace, true religion shall be established, and that throughout all generations, which was begun...