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Psalm 72 Revised Version with Apocrypha

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  • Protestant
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
  • NT: Critical text
  • Protestant, with the Apocrypha
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1895
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Notes on this text (1)

1 [A Psalm ]of Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace, till the moon be no more. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; and the poor, that hath no helper. 13 He shall have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he shall save. 14 He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; and precious shall their blood be in his sight: 15 And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: and men shall pray for him continually; they shall bless him all the day long. 16 There shall be abundance of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him; all nations shall call him happy. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things: 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever; and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Cross references (20)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Jeremiah 23:5–6; 2 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Chronicles 22:12–13; 1 Chronicles 29:19; Isaiah 11:2
  2. 2 Isaiah 32:1; Psalm 72:12–14; Isaiah 32:17; Psalm 45:6–7; Isaiah 9:7
  3. 3 Isaiah 52:7; 2 Corinthians 5:19–21; Daniel 9:24; Joel 3:18; Ezekiel 34:13–14
  4. 4 Isaiah 11:4; Ezekiel 34:15–16; Psalm 109:31; Zechariah 9:8–10; Proverbs 20:26
  5. 5 Psalm 89:36–37; Daniel 7:14; Psalm 72:17; Revelation 11:15; Isaiah 9:7
  6. 6 Hosea 6:3; Deuteronomy 32:2; 2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 65:10; Hosea 14:5–7
  7. 7 Isaiah 2:4; Malachi 4:2; Psalm 92:12; Isaiah 60:22; Isaiah 54:11–17
  8. 8 Exodus 23:31; Zechariah 9:10; 1 Kings 4:21–24; Psalm 80:11; Psalm 89:25
  9. 9 Isaiah 49:23; Micah 7:17; Luke 19:27; Psalm 2:9; 1 Kings 9:18
  10. 10 Psalm 68:29; Isaiah 60:6; Isaiah 49:7; Psalm 45:12; 1 Kings 10:1
  11. 11 Psalm 86:9; Revelation 11:15; Isaiah 49:22–23; Revelation 17:14; Isaiah 54:5
  12. 12 Job 29:12; Revelation 3:17–18; Psalm 102:17; Hebrews 7:25; Ecclesiastes 4:1
  13. 13 Ezekiel 34:16; Matthew 5:3; Psalm 109:31; Job 5:15–16; James 2:5–6
  14. 14 Psalm 116:15; Revelation 19:2; Luke 1:68–75; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; 2 Samuel 4:9
  15. 15 1 Kings 10:14; Isaiah 60:6; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 5:8–14; Jude 25
  16. 16 1 Kings 4:20; Revelation 7:9; Job 8:7; Job 5:25; Isaiah 29:17
  17. 17 Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Psalm 89:36; Genesis 12:3; Luke 1:48
  18. 18 Psalm 41:13; Psalm 106:48; 1 Chronicles 29:10; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 86:10
  19. 19 Numbers 14:21; Matthew 6:10; Psalm 41:13; Habakkuk 2:14; Matthew 6:13
  20. 20 2 Samuel 23:1; Luke 24:51; Job 31:40; Jeremiah 51:64

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXI)

    In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivereth us commendeth itself to us, in order that it may have us commended.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 72:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapters 7–8)

    For it is known within what bounds the kingdom of Solomon was enclosed; and yet in that psalm, not to speak of other things, we read, "He shall have dominion from sea even to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth," which we see fulfilled in Christ.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 72:7 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily V)

    And again when it is preaching the Gospel beforehand, and saying, "In his days shall righteousness flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away," it doth not set a limit to this fair part of creation.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 72:5 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VII)

    And how is it also that they are not abashed at that which is written, From the womb before the morning-star have I begotten thee: also this, He shall endure with the sun, and before the moon, from generation to generation.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 72:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVIII, Chapters 53–54)

    For on this account that prophecy went before concerning Him: "He shall reign from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth." But since, before He suffered and rose from the dead, the faith had not yet been defined to all, but was defined in the resurrection of Christ (for so the Apostle …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)