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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, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son. ✦ 2He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. ✦ 3The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. ✦ 4He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. ✦ 5They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations. ✦ 6He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, Like showers that water the earth. ✦ 7In His days the righteous shall flourish, And abundance of peace, Until the moon is no more. ✦ 8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth. ✦ 9Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, And His enemies will lick the dust. ✦ 10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts. ✦ 11Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him. ✦ 12For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper. ✦ 13He will spare the poor and needy, And will save the souls of the needy. ✦ 14He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; And precious shall be their blood in His sight. ✦ 15And He shall live; And the gold of Sheba will be given to Him; Prayer also will be made for Him continually, And daily He shall be praised. ✦ 16There will be an abundance of grain in the earth, On the top of the mountains; Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon; And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. ✦ 17His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue 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 does wondrous things! ✦ 19And blessed be His glorious name forever! 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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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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.

Pastoral

  • 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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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    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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