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 1 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 little hills, by 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 as long as the sun and moon endure, 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 so long as the moon endureth.*

 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; the poor also, and *him* that hath no helper.

 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

 15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; *and* daily shall he be praised.*

 16 There shall be an handful 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 blessed.**

 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.
 
[Psalms 71](/study/psalms/71) [Psalms 73](/study/psalms/73)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
[Psalms 72:1](/kjv/psalms/72/1) « [A Psalm] for Solomon. » Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. 

**A Psalm for Solomon** ] Whom his father David had crowned while yet alive; and now, at point of death, leaveth him this last bequeath as a *basilicon doron,* a direction in point of government, and a prediction of a most flourishing reign thereupon; this last he so describeth, that by a spirit of prophecy, attributing eternity thereunto, he riseth up from Solomon to Christ, of whom he was a type; like as also the promise made to David, concerning Solomon and Christ, was conceived in such terms by God himself, as if they had been almost one and the same person, [2 Samuel 7:13-14](/kjv/2-samuel/7/13-14) [1 Chronicles 22:10](/kjv/1-chronicles/22/10) . (Beza). 

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Ver. 1. **Give the king thy judgments, O God** ] *i.e.* Give me, for that little time I have here to live and reign, skill and will to do it aright, and as thy law requireth. 

And thy righteousness unto the king’s son] To Solomon, and his successors; for David’s great care was the welfare of God’s people after his decease, for which end he both prayeth, and principleth his son Solomon; and herein his great piety to the end appeareth. I could not but love the man (said Theodosius, the emperor, concerning Ambrose) who, while he lived he heartily wished that the contentions that were in the Church might be quenched, though it were with his blood; so when he died he was more solicitous of the Church’s welfare than of his own.

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