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Selected Verse: Psalms 72:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 72:2 |
King James |
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The effects of such a government by one thus endowed are detailed.
thy people . . . and thy poor--or, "meek," the pious subjects of his government. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| He shall judge thy people with righteousness - On this verse see the notes at Isa 11:3-4. The fact that this so entirely accords with the description in Isa. 11, which undoubtedly refers to the Messiah, has been alluded to above as confirming the opinion that the psalm has a similar reference. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thy afflicted ones - For such are thine in a special manner, thou art their judge and patron. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He shall judge thy people with righteousness - With justice and mercy mixed, or according to equity.
And thy poor with judgment - Every one according to the law which thou hast appointed; but with especial tenderness to the poor and afflicted. |
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.