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Psalms 72

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 72 ·8Isa 32 ·7Ps 89 ·6Isa 11 ·6Isa 60 ·6Luke 1 ·5Isa 49 ·4Isa 9 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 72 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 72YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 72David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 72Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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