Psalms 72:10

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. - Psalms 72:6 repeat in substance Psalms 72:1 - the showers of righteousness and peace under Messiah shall bless the earth; this is followed by the consequent extension of His dominion universally (Psalms 72:8). Verse 8. HE SHALL HAVE DOMINION ALSO FROM SEA TO SEA - (.) Whereas Israel was in its utmost limits bounded by the Red Sea, the Sea of the Philistines or the Mediterranean, and the Euphrates (), Messiah's dominion is to be "from (one) sea t...

10._The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents. _The Psalmist still continues, as in the preceding verse, to speak of the extent of the kingdom. The Hebrews apply the appellation of _Tarshish _to the whole coast, which looks towards Cilicia. By _the isles, _therefore, is denoted the whole coast of the Mediterranean Sea, from Cilicia to Greece. As the Jews, contenting themselves with the commodities of their own country, did not undertake voyages to distant countries, like other nations; God having expressly required them to confine themselves within the limits of their own country, that they might not be corrupted by the manners of strangers; they were accustomed, in consequence of this, to apply the appellation of _isles _to those countries which were on the other side of the sea. I indeed admit that Cyprus, Crete, and other islands, are comprehended under this name; bu...

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; but, before the end of his reign, there were troubles and unrighteousness. The kingdom here spoken of is to last as long as the sun, but Solomon's was soon at an end. Even the Jewish expositors understood it of the kingdom of the Messiah. Observe many great and precious promises here made, which were to have full accomplishment only in the kingdom of Christ. As far as his kingdom is set up, discord and contentions cease, in families, churches, and nations. The law of Christ, written in the heart, disposes men to be honest and just, and to render to all their due; it likewise disposes men to live in love, and so produces abundance of peace. Holiness and love shall be lasting in Christ's kingdo...

Verse Psalms 72:10. _THE KINGS OF TARSHISH AND OF THE ISLES SHALT BRING_ _PRESENTS_] Though Solomon did not reign over _Cilicia_, of which _Tarsus_ was the capital, yet he might receive _gifts_, not in the sense of _tribute_; for מנחה _minchah_, the word here used, signifies a _gratitude_ or _friendly offering_. _THE KINGS OF SHEBA AND SEBA_] Both countries of Arabia. From the former came the _queen of Sheba_, to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And she brought exceeding great _presents_ or _gifts_, but not in the way of _tribute_, for Solomon had no jurisdiction in her country. And certainly many sovereigns, to obtain his _friendship_, sent him various presents of the choicest produce of their respective countries; and no doubt he did with them as with the queen of Sheba, gave them g

THE KINGS OF TARSHISH - On the situation of Tarshish, see the notes at Isaiah 2:16. Compare Psalms 48:7. The word seems to be used here to denote any distant region abounding with riches. AND OF THE ISLES ... - Representing also distant lands; or lands beyond the seas. The word “islands” among the Hebrews commonly denoted distant seacoasts, particularly those of the Mediterranean. See the notes at Isaiah 41:1. THE KINGS OF SHEBA AND SEBA - places in Arabia. On the word “Sheba,” see the notes at Isaiah 60:6. On the word “Seba,” see the

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 stress laid upon "peace" (1 Kings 3:3, 1 Kings 3:7) accords with the peaceful reign (1 Kings 4:20-11) of "the peaceful one." The local allusions (1 Kings 3:10, 1 Kin

THE KINGS OF TARSHISH AND OF THE ISLES SHALL BRING PRESENTS,.... Tarshish either signifies the sea, as it is sometimes rendered in the Targum; and then the sense is, the kings of the sea, that is, of the islands of the sea, as it follows, shall be subject to the kingdom of Christ; and, as a token of it, bring presents to him, as the Moabites and Syrians did to David, and as several nations and kings did to Solomon, 2 Samuel 8:2; or it designs a large country inhabited by the Celtae b, and so is distinct from the islands; and then the sense is, that kings, both of the continent, and of the islands of the sea, shall do homage to the Messiah; AND THE KINGS OF SHEBA AND SEBA SHALL OFFER GIFTS; the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, render it, "the kings of the Arabians and Saba"; and so Apollinarius, the Arabians, and Sabeans, these being places in Arabia

«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 decreed, and so it has been accomplished, that Jesus, who is both a King and a King's son, should have all judgment delivered into his hand. And now at this time Christ is the judge. It is he who discerns between the precious and the vile. He sits as King in the midst of Zion. Psalms 72:2. _He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment._ The kingdom of Christ has a special eye to the poor. They are generally passed by and forgotten in the scope of legislature among men, but Christ makes even his poor people the poor in spirit also to be t

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 (Psalms 72:12) The last Psalm of this Exodus section describes the establishment of the promised kingdom, the kingdom of heaven on earth. Surely the Spirit of God directed the arrangement of the Psalms, and put each into the right place. Here we have a beautiful prophecy of what is yet to be and for which all is waiting now, in a time when every form of government has failed and law and order seems to go to pieces. The King and the King's So

TARSHISH. On the west. See note on 1 Kings 10:22. ISLES. coastlands, or maritime countries. SHEBA, &C. On the east and south. OFFER GIFTS. bring near their presents. App-43....