Psalms 72:19
How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
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In The King James Version
In Context
20As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
Cross References
Numbers 5:22May the cursed waters enter into your stomach, and may your womb swell and your thigh rot.’ And the woman shall respond: ‘Amen, amen.’
1 Kings 1:36And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, responded to the king, saying: “Amen. So says the Lord, the God of my lord the king.
Isaiah 6:3And they were crying out to one another, and saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts! All the earth is filled with his glory!”
Jeremiah 28:6And Jeremiah the prophet said: “Amen, may the Lord accomplish this; may the Lord act upon your words, which you have prophesied, so that the vessels may be carried back to the house of the Lord, and so that all those taken captive may return from Babylon to this place.
Zechariah 14:9And the Lord will be King over all the earth. In that day, there will be one Lord, and his name will be one.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 72:19-20
Thanksgiving and Prayer. 18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. Such an illustrious prophecy as is in the foregoing verses of the Messiah and his kingdom may fitly be concluded, as it is here, with hearty prayers and praises. I. The psalmist is here enlarged in thanksgivings for the prophecy and promise, v. 18, 19… Read the whole commentary →