Psalms 72:2
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
In Context
1God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:5In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
1 Kings 10:9Blessed is the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
Job 34:19He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.
Psalms 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of your kingdom.
Psalms 82:3“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of Armies will perform this.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 72:2
Prayer for Solomon. 1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. This verse is a prayer for the king, even the king's son. I. We may apply it to Solomon: Give him thy judgments, O God! and thy righteousness; make him a man, a king; make him a good man, a good king. 1. It is the prayer of a father for his child, a dying blessing, such as the patriarchs bequeathed to their children. The best thing we can ask of God for our children is that God will give them wisdom and grace to… Read the whole commentary →