Psalms 72:20

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; Psalms 4:1; Psalms 5:1; Psalms 6:1; Psalms 7:1; Psalms 8:1; Psalms 9:1;...

20._The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. _We have before observed that this was not without cause added by Solomon, (if we may suppose him to have put the matter of this psalm into the form of poetical compositions) not only that he might avoid defrauding his father of the praise which was due to him, but also to stir up the Church the more earnestly to pour forth before God the same prayers which David had continued to offer even with his last breath. Let us then remember that it is our bounden duty to pray to God, both with unfeigned earnestness, and with unwearied perseverance, that he would be pleased to maintain and defend the Church under the government of his Son. The name of _Jesse, _the father of David, seems to be here introduced to bring to remembrance David’s origin, that the grace of God may appear the more illustrious in having raised from the sheepfold a man of...

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 the glory of God, how little service and honour he has from a world to which he is so bountiful. May we, like David, submit to Christ's authority, and partake of his righteousness and peace. May we bless him for the wonders of redeeming love. May we spend our days, and end our lives, praying for the spread of his gospel...

Verse Psalms 72:20. _THE PRAYERS OF DAVID THE SON OF JESSE ARE ENDED._] This was most probably the _last Psalm_ he ever wrote. There may be several in the after part of this book which were written by him; but they were probably composed in a former period of his life, for this was the _end_ of the _poetic prayers of David the son of_ _Jesse_. Those that were found afterwards have got out of their proper connexion. ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND PSALM David being near his death, makes his prayer for his son Solomon, that he may be a just, peaceable, and great king, and his subjects happy under his government. But this is but the _shell_ of the Psalm: the _kernel_ is Christ and his kingdom, under whom righteousness, peace, and felicity shall flourish, and _unto whom_ all nations shall do homage

THE PRAYERS OF DAVID THE SON OF JESSE ARE ENDED - This is not found in the Syriac. The following is added in that version at the close of the psalm: “The end of the Second Book.” In regard to this twentieth verse, it is quite clear that it is no part of the psalm; and it is every way probable that it was not placed here by the author of the psalm, and also that it has no special and exclusive reference to this psalm, for the psalm could in no special sense be called “a prayer of David.” The words bear all the marks of having been placed at the close of a collection of psalms, or a division of the Book of Psalms, to which might be given as an appropriate designation, the title “The Prayers of David, the son of Jesse;” meaning that that book, or that division of the book, was made up of the compositions of David, and might be thus distinguished from other portions of the general collection...

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 PRAYERS OF DAVID THE SON OF JESSE ARE ENDED. The Septuagint version renders it, the hymns. This psalm is thought by some to be the last that was written by David, though put in this place; and it is certain that the psalms are not always placed in the order of time in which they were written: this being, as is supposed, made by him in his old age, when Solomon his son was appointed and set upon his throne by his order; on account of which he composed it, with a view to the Messiah, the antitype of Solomon. Or, as others, this is the last of the psalms, which were put together and digested in order by David himself; the rest that follow being collected by Hezekiah or the Levites. Aben Ezra mentions it as the sense of some of their interpreters, "then shall be fulfilled the prayers of the son of Jesse;'' that is, as R. Joseph Kimchi explains it, when those consolations are completed,...

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 Christ. Psalms 72:1 _Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment._ It is the distinguishing mark of Christ's kingdom that he cares so much for the poor, whereas in other kingdoms they are generally pushed to the wall, and men of great estate and consequence get all the good positions. In Christ's kingdom the poor are exalted. Psalms 72:3. _The mountains shall bring peace to thee people and the little hills, by righteousness._ Those mountains, in w

ENDED Literally, to be ended, that is, in complete answer. (2 Samuel 23:1)....

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