Psalms Chapter 72 verse 1 Holy Bible
Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son.
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<Of Solomon.> Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
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{For Solomon.} O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
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Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
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A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness to the king's son.
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> God, give the king your justice; Your righteousness to the royal son.
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By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. God had established in Israel, in the person of David, hereditary monarchy (2 Samuel 7:12-16), such as was usual in the East, and suited to Oriental notions. In speaking of himself, not only as "the king," but also as "the king's son," Solomon makes appeal to the sentiment of respect for hereditary royalty. Compare the inscription of Mesha, "My father was king over Moab thirty years, and I became king after my father" (line 1). In praying God to give him "his judgments," he is desiring a "spirit of judgment" which will enable him to deliver decisions as righteous as God's.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1, 2) The order of the words should be noticed--"judgments," "righteousness," "righteousness," "judgment"--as offering a good instance of introverted parallelism. With regard to the meaning of the words we are placed on practical ground; they refer to the faculty of judging in affairs of government, of coming to a great and fair decision. In fact, whether Solomon be the intended subject of the poem or not, the prayer made in his dream at Gibeon (1Kings 3:9) is the best comment on these verses. (Comp. Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 32:1.)(1) The king . . . the king's son.--The article is wanting in the Hebrew.