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Psalms 72

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son. ✦ 2He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. ✦ 3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. ✦ 4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces. ✦ 5They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. ✦ 6He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as 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, from the River to the ends of the earth. ✦ 9Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust. ✦ 10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall 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, who has no helper. ✦ 13He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. ✦ 14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight. ✦ 15They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long. ✦ 16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field. ✦ 17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed. ✦ 18Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. ✦ 19Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen. ✦ 20This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. ✦

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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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