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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

He shall judge thy people with righteousness - With justice and mercy mixed, or according to equity. And thy poor with judgment - Every one according to the law which thou hast appointed; but with especial tenderness to the poor and afflicted. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:3

The mountains shall bring peace - Perhaps mountains and hills are here taken in their figurative sense, to signify princes and petty governors; and it is a prediction that all governors of provinces and magistrates should administer equal justice in their several departments and jurisdictions; so that universal peace should be preserved, and the people be every where prosperous; for שלום shalom signifies both peace and prosperity, for without the former the latter never existed. But... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 Prance of peace, who shall be feared and reverenced "through all generations, and as long as the sun and moon endure." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:6

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass - The word גז gez , which we translate mown grass, more properly means pastured grass or pastured land; for the dew of the night is intended to restore the grass which has been eaten in the course of the day. This very idea the Chaldee has seized, and renders the place thus: "He shall descend gently, like rain upon the grass which has been eaten by the locust." But there seems to be a reference to the thick night dews which in summer fall... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:7

In his days shall the righteous flourish - There was nothing but peace and prosperity all the days of Solomon: for, "In his days Judah and Israel dwelt safely; every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beersheba;" 1 Kings 4:25 . So long as the moon endureth - ירח בלי עד ad beli yareach , "Till there be no more moon." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:1

Verse 1 1.O God! give thy judgments to the king. (124) While David, to whom the promise had been made, at his death affectionately recommended to God his son, who was to succeed him in his kingdom, he doubtless endited to the Church a common form of prayer, that the faithful, convinced of the impossibility of being prosperous and happy, except under one head, should show all respect, and yield all obedience to this legitimate order of things, and also that from this typical kingdom they might... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

Verse 2 2.He shall judge thy people in righteousness. Some read this in the form of a wish — O that he may judge, etc. Others retain the future tense; and thus it is a prophecy. But we will come nearer the correct interpretation by understanding something intermediate, as implied. All that is afterwards spoken, concerning the king, flows from the supposition, that the blessing prayed for in the first verse is conferred upon him — from the supposition that he is adorned with righteousness and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:4

Verse 4 4.He shall judge the poor of the people. The poet continues his description of the end and fruit of a righteous government, and unfolds at greater length what he had briefly touched upon concerning the afflicted among the people. But it is a truth which ought to be borne in mind, that kings can keep themselves within the bounds of justice and equity only by the grace of God; for when they are not governed by the Spirit of righteousness proceeding from heaven, their government is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:5

Verse 5 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 distinctions which chiefly secure to a sovereign reverence from his subjects are his impartially securing to every man the possession of his own rights, and his manifesting a spirit of humanity ready at all times to succor the poor and miserable, as well as a spirit determined rigorously to subdue the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:6

Verse 6 6.He shall descend as the rain upon the mown grass. This comparison may seem at first sight to be somewhat harsh; but it elegantly and appositely expresses the great advantage which is derived by all from the good and equitable constitution of a kingdom. Meadows, we know, are cut in the beginning of summer when the heat prevails; and did not the earth imbibe new moisture by the falling rain, even the very roots of the herbage would wither by reason of the barren and parched state of the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 72:6

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