Psalm 72 Nkjv (2024)

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What is the main point of Psalm 72? ›

The psalm is concerned with how the king governs the people with the same words used in verse one “justice” and “righteousness.” The wishes are not action items or a political platform, but a view of the world and one's people. In other words, it is about the king's heart from which springs action.

Psalm 72 comes towards the end of David's life. His son, Solomon, is to become King. We can therefore read the beginning as a call to pray for our leaders and our children. However, the writer goes deeper than a simple call to prayer; this psalm is a call to a way of life; to a shape of life.

Psalm Two, Seventy-two and One hundred and ten are Messianic in the literal sense. found in the nature of kingship in Israel. God is their real king and the earthly king who is chosen is answerable both to God Himself and to the people, a concept foreign to the pagan world of that time.

Traditionally seen as being written by King Solomon, its heading may be translated 'to or for Solomon'. The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.

In religion

The conventional number of disciples sent forth by Jesus in Luke 10 in some manuscripts (seventy in others). The number of names of God, according to Kabbalah (see names of God in Judaism). The Shemhamphorasch related to the number of the names of God.

Psalms helps us remember the God who is the beginning and end of all things, rest in His sovereignty, and have joy in all circ*mstances.

The mountains shall bring peace to the people

The people of God, as before. Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret this of the nations, and kings of the nations, comparable to mountains and hills, as in ( Micah 6:1 Micah 6:2 ) ; that should make peace with Israel in the days of Solomon, and in the days of the King Messiah.

What's the big idea? The book of Psalms expresses worship. Throughout its many pages, Psalms encourages its readers to praise God for who He is and what He has done. The Psalms illuminate the greatness of our God, affirm His faithfulness to us in times of trouble, and remind us of the absolute centrality of His Word.

Belief in the Books of God: Muslims believe that God revealed holy books or scriptures to a number of God's messengers. These include the Quran (given to Muhammad), the Torah (given to Moses), the Gospel (given to Jesus), the Psalms (given to David), and the Scrolls (given to Abraham).

This psalm opens with a prayer. The request is for blessings on the reign of a king. Not only does the psalmist ask for the king's rule to be successful, but he also prays that this king will rule with justice and mercy.

How to pray with psalm 72? ›

Psalm 72:1–7 Leads Us to Pray for Grace

We pray that you would raise up, give us, grant us by your grace leaders who judge with righteousness and who care for the poor with justice, in ways that bring prosperity, good, and righteousness for the people they lead.

Psalm 72 and Jesus

The entire Psalm points to the King that would come and rule and reign the way Adam, David, and Solomon should have. Jesus reigns through serving the needy, judging in righteousness, and promising a justice that will make all things right. Not only that, this King serves the most needy of all.

These psalms form part of the pseudepigrapha, which means that they were not actually composed by the legendary King Solomon but attributed to him later.

The Psalms celebrate that God is a good God.

God is holy, loving, merciful, protective of his people, faithful, a keeper of promises, a giver of good gifts. He protects the vulnerable in society — the widow, the fatherless, the outsider, and the poor — and expects his representatives on earth to carry out this mission.

Psalm 1 is called a wisdom psalm because we learn that happiness results from our choice to follow God's direction of life. In this psalm the writer sets forth two ways or two directions in life. One is the right way that leads to happiness, and the other is the wrong way that leads to misery.