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Psalms 72

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Give the king Your judgments, God, And Your righteousness to the king’s son. ✦ 2May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice. ✦ 3May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. ✦ 4May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor. ✦ 5¶May they fear You while the sun shines, And as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations. ✦ 6May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth. ✦ 7May the righteous flourish in his days, As well as an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. ✦ 8¶May he also rule from sea to sea, And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. ✦ 9May the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust. ✦ 10May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring gifts; May the kings of Sheba and Seba offer tributes. ✦ 11And may all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him. ✦ 12¶For he will save the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper. ✦ 13He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And he will save the lives of the needy. ✦ 14He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight; ✦ 15So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And they are to pray for him continually; They are to bless him all day long. ✦ 16¶May there be abundance of grain on the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like the vegetation of the earth. ✦ 17May his name endure forever; May his name produce descendants as long as the sun shines; And may people wish blessings on themselves by him; May all nations call him blessed. ✦ 18¶Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders. ✦ 19And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. ✦ 20¶The 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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  • ★ 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.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

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

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

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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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