WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Psalm 72:1-20
Galatians 3:16

Teach me Thy way, O Lord.

LONG LIVE THE KING!

This Psalm, according to the Hebrew preposition, may be written for Solomon himself. Spurgeon is of the opinion it was written by Solomon. The following is a division of the Psalm by Alexander: A glowing description of the Messiah’s reign as:
1. Righteous (vv 1-7) 3. Beneficient (vv 12-14)
2. Universal (vv 8-11) 4. Perpetual (vv 15-17)
To which are added a Doxology (vv 18-19) and a Postscript (v 20).

This Psalm reflects Solomon’s clean and fervent heart desiring to be a wise and just king. The story of Solomon’s wise choice of what God would give him in a dream is found in 1 Kings 3:5-15; 2 Chronicles 1:7-12. Charles Hodge in his Systematic Theology (1871) says: “The seventy-second Psalm contains a description of an exalted king, and of blessings of his reign. These blessings are of such a nature as to prove that the subject of the Psalm must be a divine person.
1. His kingdom is to be everlasting.
2. Universal.
3. It secures perfect peace with God and goodwill among men.
4. All men are to be brought to submit to him through love.
5. In him all the nations of the earth are to be blessed; i.e. as we are distinctly taught in Galatians 3:16, it is in him that all the blessings of redemption are to come upon the world. The subject of this Psalm is, therefore, the Redeemer of the world.”

Behold, a Greater Solomon is here! “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this” (Isa 9:6-7).

THOUGHT: (Read Psalm 72:11.)
PRAYER: (Use Psalm 72:18.)