June 25 / Psalm 72

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Psalm 72

I truly appreciate John stepping up when I am unable, but for now, at least until Tuesday morning I can share a bit to start us off.

I may have found a new favorite psalm. If not number one, Psalm 72 is right up there! Very quickly as I was reading through it the first time, although Psalm 72 was relating to King David or King Solomon or other Israeli kings, I could see it applied to Jesus. My lead Study Bible said the same thing, that the early church saw this Psalm as a description of the Messiah. Then Jesus fulfilled these verses in His own life. Consider a few verses (capitalized pronouns added):

  • May He judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! (v. 2)
  • May He defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor! (v. 4)
  • For He delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper. He has pity on the weak and the needy… (vv. 12-13a)
  • May His name endure forever… (v. 17a)

We also look forward to His return:

  • May He have dominion from sea to sea… (v. 8a)
  • May all kings fall down before Him, all nations serve Him! (v. 11)
  • May His name endure forever… May people be blessed in Him, all nations call Him blessed! (v. 17)

Finally, a glorious conclusion:  

  • Blessed be His glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with His glory! (v. 19)

AMEN!!

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  1. That is pretty much what I was going to say…

    Here we have a tremendous description of a proper king of Israel and a prayer for blessings upon that king and the nation. The introductory “Of Solomon” presumably indicates his authorship, but it also puts Solomon in mind as a prototypical fulfilment of this ideal kingdom. Unfortunately for Israel, Solomon’s reign was as good as it got. After him, the nation was divided, all the northern kings “did what was evil in the sight of the LORD”, and the southern kings were a mixed bag, some doing evil, and some doing right, but none attaining to Solomon. And even Solomon himself ended up falling away, so as far as ancient Israel goes, it seems this psalm was aspirational at best. Yet the aspirations are good and point to the One Who ushers in the Kingdom of God, the one true King of kings, and Lord of lords: Jesus.

    Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven… (Mt. 6:10)

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