November 20: The Perfect King.
Psalm 72:1-20:
Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the king’s Son. He will judge Your people with righteousness, and Your poor with justice. The mountains will bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy,
and will break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear You as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, like showers that water the earth. In His days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, and His enemies will lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts. Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him. For He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper. He will spare the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy. He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; and precious shall be their blood in His sight. And He shall live; and the gold of Sheba will be given to Him; prayer also will be made for Him continually, and daily He shall be praised. There will be an abundance of grain in the earth, on the top of the mountains; its fruit shall wave like Lebanon; and those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things! And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.


This is a special psalm. Some say it was written by Solomon. Others say that it is a psalm of David dedicated to Solomon, wishing him blessings and good things so that he may be a good king who rules according to the will of God.
Remember that the book of psalms is divided into 5 parts. The first part is composed from Psalm 1 to 41; the second part from 42 to 72. So this is the last of a selected group of psalms, and the last is dedicated to King Solomon, and is a poetry of what a perfect king would be like.

Most of the descriptions in this psalm show various factors in the life of king Solomon, how his majesty reached the ends of the earth, being visited by kings and queens from distant kingdoms, receiving exotic and valuable gifts such as gold and silver. For most of his reign, Solomon ruled under the grace and support of God. After that, he made mistakes and was not the perfect king among the people because he had turned away from God.
But this psalm has a very beautiful prophecy because it is also a description of the true perfect king: Jesus! These verses from 7 to 9 describe a King who rules all the earth: “In His days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, and His enemies will lick the dust.”

This will be fulfilled when the Lord Jesus Christ comes in the clouds and with an army, on a white horse, where every eye will see Him as we read in Revelation chapter 1, verse 7. Furthermore, every knee will bow and confess that Jesus is Lord! This is found in Isaiah chapter 45, verse 23; and the apostle Paul recites it in the letter to the Romans in chapter 14, verse 11.
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