"And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him-
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel
and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the reverential and
obedient fear of the Lord."
Isaiah 11:2
King of Kings
Danny Hahlbohm
*This psalm in highly wrought figurative style, describes the reign of a king
as 'righteous, universal, beneficent, and perpetual.' By the older Jewish and most
of the modern Christian interpreters it has been applied to Christ, Whose reign
present and prospective alone corresponds with its statements. As the imagery
of the Second Psalm was drawn from the martial character of David's reign,
that of this is from the peaceful and prosperous state of Solomon's.
PSALM 72
A Psalm for Solomon
Give the king knowledge of Your way of judging, O God, and
the spirit of righteousness to the king's son to control all his actions.
Let him judge and govern Your people with righteousness, and Your
poor and afflicted ones with judgment and justice.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills,
through the general establishment of righteousness.
May he judge and defend the poor of the people, deliver the children
of the needy, and crush the oppressor,
So that they may revere and fear You while the sun and moon
endure throughout all generations.
May he, Solomon as a type of King David's greater Son, be like rain
that comes down upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
In His (Christ's ) days shall the uncompromisingly righteous flourish
and peace abound till there is a moon no longer.
He (Christ) shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the
River Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him
and His enemies shall lick the dust.
The kings of Tarshish and of the coasts shall bring offerings;
the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him, all nations shall serve Him.
For He delivers the needy when he calls out, the poor also and him
who has no helper.
He will have pity on the poor and weak and needy and will save
the lives of the needy.
He will redeem their lives from oppression and fraud and violence,
and precious and costly shall their blood be in His sight.
And He shall live; and to Him shall be given gold of Sheba;
prayer also shall be made for Him and through Him continually,
and they shall bless and praise Him all the day long.
There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of
the mountains, the least fruitful places in the land; the fruit of it
shall wave like the forests of Lebanon, and the inhabitants of the
city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.
His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as
the sun, indeed, His name continues before the sun. And men shall be
blessed and bless themselves by Him, all nations shall call Him blessed!
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things!
Blessed be His glorious name forever; let the whole earth be filled with His glory!
Amen and Amen!
The prayers of David, son of Jesse, are ended.
"But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor
and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden
of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the
rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and faithfulness the
girdle of His loins. And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion
and the fatted domestic animal together; and a little child shall lead them."
Isaiah 11:4-6
Illustration from "The Child's Book Of Hymns"
Cecily Mary Barker
(1895-1973)
English artist
GLORIFY HIS NAME!
Praise the Lord who ransomed you,
Glorify His name forevermore!
Faithful He has been, and true,
Glorify His name forevermore!
(refrain)
Magnify His name! Glorify His name!
Sing your alleluias more and more!
Magnify His name! Glorify His name!
Sing and praise the Lord forevermore!
Oh, what blessings He bestows!
Glorify His name forevermore!
How His grace from Heaven flows!
Glorify His name forevermore!
(refrain)
Has He not been kind to you?
Glorify His name forevermore!
What more could your Savior do?
Glorify His name forevermore!
(refrain)
Let my tongue unloosed be,
Glorify His name forevermore!
Let me, through eternity,
Glorify His name forevermore!
(refrain)
"Glorify His Name"
Music and Words
Elisha A. Hoffman
(1839-1929)
American Hymn writer
In his lifetime, he wrote over
2,000 Gospel songs
*Preface statement taken from
"A Commentary On The Old And New Testaments"
(1871)
Robert Jamieson
(1802-1880)
A.R. Fausset,
(1821-1910)
David Brown
(1803-1897)
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