Psalms 72

And let this quiet our hearts, amidst all the reelings and confusions of these times, that our Lord shall have a seed, and that He shall not want one of all these that are given Him of His Father, but shall raise them up at the last day. Use 3. Seeing this is the Lord's design;…

His kingdom's pillar is prayer. (Psalm 72:15) Prayer also shall be made for him continually, that his throne may stand, and he may bear the crown. What, must we pray for Christ, he prays for us?

The Father passes the word of a King, Christ shall be his firstborn, the flower of the family, an Ensign of the people, nothing can stand good, if the free will of Gentiles refuse to come under this Prince's Royal Standard. The Father prophesies and promises (Psalm 72:8), Christ…

Now he was made King, not on such terms, as he might destroy all his subjects, (for all mankind are his subjects to Arminians.) But he is made King (Psalm 72:11) that all nations may serve him; that he should deliver the poor, needy, and helpless; and redeem their souls from vio…

Thus then the sentence runs all with a breath, which would be but abrupt, if this verse were to be understood of prayer. Now this phrase of speech is usual in the holy Scripture: as in the Psalms; The mountains shall bring peace to the people by justice (Psalm 72:3). Truth shall…

The angel does not employ these words; but his departure from them is not strongly marked, and it can scarcely be doubted that he had this passage in his eye. — Ed. Though the meaning of the words is, that God will for ever protect and defend the kingdom of Christ and the church…

It is with reference to the promise, that Christ is called the son of David, the son of Abraham: for God had promised to Abraham that he would give him a seed, "in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed," (Genesis 12:3.) David received a still clearer promise, that…

But the most ridiculous contrivance of the Papists on this subject is, that those men were kings, because they found in another passage a prediction, that the kings of Tarshish, and of the Isles, and of Sheba, would offer gifts to the Lord, (Psalm 72:10.) Ingenious workmen, trul…

As in the negative (Exodus 20:3), You shall have no other gods before me, so we translate it; the Hebrew is, You shall have no other gods before my face, that is, so long as I continue to be your God, you shall have no other god; but I shall be your God to all eternity, therefor…

5. The use of the note of attention, Behold, which is prefixed. 1. By Solomon, David's son, properly is not understood, this scope will not agree to him (he was indeed a great King, but a greater than Solomon is here) Therefore, seeing in Scripture, Solomon was typical of Christ…

So that Joshua, that type of Christ, did but begin the work of giving Israel the possession of the promised land; but left it to be finished by that much greater type and ancestor of Christ, even David, who subdued far more of that land than ever Joshua had done. In this extent…

Cursed be that man who shall be the cutter off of the succession of so great an Honor to such an Honorable Family. Psalm 72:17 it is said, The name of Christ should endure for ever; Filiabitur nomine ejus, so the words are, it shall be begotten, as one generation is begotten of…

And thus kings and rulers consider not readily, for what they are exalted, think it is for themselves, to honor and please themselves, and not to honor God and benefit their people, to encourage and reward the good (as here it is) and punish the wicked, they are set on high, for…

All the Gentiles are his (Isaiah 60:1-4, Malachi 1:11). All the ends of the earth and the heathen (Psalm 2:8-9, Psalm 72:7-10). Now if they are not his by visible and externally professed Covenant, they must be the Lord's Kingdoms only because some in these Kingdoms: first, are…

4. The believers are blessed through Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:10, 13; Psalm 32:1-2; Romans 4:6; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 119:1). Their afflictions and death are blessed, precious in the eyes of the Lord, not qualified with any law-curse (Job 5:17; Psalm 94:12; Matthew 5:6; Luke 6:22;…

5. There's not only a seed, but a rich conquest, the heathen promised, and the ends of the earth (Psalm 2:8-9). Dominion from sea to sea (Zechariah 9:10) (Psalm 72:8) (Daniel 7:14), and both this and the former satisfies Christ. There is not a sight so desirable to the eye of Ch…

But though he made Christ also a copy of his justice (Romans 3:25) and spared not his Son (Romans 8:32), yet (Malachi 3:17) the Lord deals not so with us: And they shall be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels, and I will spare them as a man spares…

But such Prophecies and Promises there be of Christ (Isaiah 22:22): The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder: so he shall open and none shall shut, and he shall shut and none shall open. 23. And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a…

The Chaldean Paraphrase expounds his hand to be his power and command, which extends to the Euphrates, as is promised (Exodus 23:31; Numbers 34:3), but fulfilled in David and Solomon (1 Kings 4:8). Solomon reigned from the Sea of Sodom, the Red Sea, to the Mediterranean Sea, and…

'All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you' (Psalm 22:27). 'All nations shall serve you' (Psalm 72:11). These general expressions denote only the believers of all the several nations of the world.

The Lamb — one of the lowliest and meekest creatures — has a bed beside the heart, and in the bosom of Christ (Isaiah 40:11). He shall carry the lambs in his bosom; indeed, he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him that has no helper (Psalm 72:12). The Lor…