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Psalm 72 Unlocked Literal Bible

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Notes on this text (1)

1 A psalm of Solomon. Give the king your righteous decrees, God, your righteousness to the king's son. 2 May he judge your people with righteousness and your poor with justice. 3 May the mountains produce peace for the people; may the hills produce righteousness. 4 May he judge the poor of the people; may he save the children of the needy and break in pieces the oppressor. 5 May they honor you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon lasts throughout all generations. 6 May he come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. 7 May the righteous flourish in his days, and may there be an abundance of peace till the moon is no more. 8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. 9 May those who live in the wilderness bow down before him; may his enemies lick the dust. 10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands render tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. 11 Indeed, may all kings fall down before him; may all nations serve him. 12 For he helps the needy person who cries out and the poor person who has no other helper. 13 He has pity on the poor and needy, and he saves the lives of needy people. 14 He redeems their lives from oppression and violence, and their blood is precious in his sight. 15 May he live! May the gold of Sheba be given to him. May people always pray for him; may God bless him all day long. 16 May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the mountaintops may their crops wave. May the fruit of it be like Lebanon; may the people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field. 17 May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun; may people be blessed in him; may all nations call him blessed. 18 May Yahweh God, the God of Israel, be blessed, who alone does wonderful things. 19 May his glorious name be blessed forever, and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen. 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are finished.

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)