Deceit and violence — The two ways whereby the lives of men are usually destroyed. Precious — He will not be prodigal of the lives of his subjects, but like a true father of his people, will tenderly preserve them, and severely avenge their blood upon those who shall shed it.
Verse Psalms 72:14. _FROM DECEIT AND VIOLENCE_] Because they are poor and uneducated, they are liable to be _deceived_; and because they are _helpless_, they are liable to _oppression_; but his equal...
HE SHALL REDEEM THEIR SOUL FROM DECEIT AND VIOLENCE - He will rescue their lives; that is, he will deliver them from the hands of men who practice deceit, or who are dishonest and unjust - and from th...
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 ...
REDEEM. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See notes on Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:13. THEIR SOUL. them, or their life. Hebrew. _nephesh._...
May all nations submit to this best of rulers, recognising the paramount claim of moral supremacy....
_deceit_ Oppression (R.V.) or fraud (R.V. marg.). The word occurs elsewhere only in Psalms 10:7; Psalms 55:11. _and precious_&c. He will not suffer it to be shed with impunity. Cp. for the phrase Psal...
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...
AND PRECIOUS SHALL THEIR BLOOD BE IN HIS SIGHT— That is, "he shall look upon the life of the poor to be as really valuable as that of others, and not suffer their blood to be shed with impunity....
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....
PRECIOUS SHALL THEIR BLOOD BE] Human life will be protected, and not held cheap, as it is where tyranny flourishes....
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...
AND PRECIOUS... — The parallelism shows the meaning. The life of his people is dear to the king, and he therefore protects them from violence....
מִ תֹּ֣וךְ וּ֭ מֵ חָמָס יִגְאַ֣ל נַפְשָׁ֑ם
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...
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and (l) precious shall their blood be in his sight. (l) Though tyrants pause not to shed blood, yet this godly king will preserve his subjects fro...
_Mornings. Every day, (Menochius) or it comes quickly upon me. (Haydock)_...
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 REDEEM THEIR SOUL FROM DECEIT AND VIOLENCE,.... From all the secret and open designs and efforts of their enemies; "from deceit", and deceitfulness of sin and its lusts, so as that they shall...
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. Ver. 14. _He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence_] Those two noted engines of all mis...
_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 redeem their soul from deceit and violence, the word here used being the standing term of the Old Testament for redemption and deliverance of every kind; AND PRECIOUS SHALL THEIR BLOOD BE IN...
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...
DECEIT AND VIOLENCE; the two ways whereby the souls or lives of men are usually destroyed. PRECIOUS SHALL THEIR BLOOD BE IN HIS SIGHT; he will not be prodigal of the lives of his subjects, casting the...
Psalms 72:14 redeem H1350 (H8799) life H5315 oppression H8496 violence H2555 precious H3365 (H8799) blood H1818 sig
REDEEM Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
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...
1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Samuel 4:9; Genesis 48:16;...