the royal son with your righteousness.
Psa 72:1
This psalm belongs to Solomon in part, but to Christ more fully and clearly. Solomon was both the king and the royal son, and his pious father desired that the wisdom of God might be in him, that his reign might be a remembrance of the kingdom of the Messiah. It is the prayer of a father for his child; a dying blessing. The best we can ask of God for our children is, that God would give them wisdom and grace to know and to do their duty.
The royal son with your righteousness—Solomon was both king and royal son; so also is our Lord. He has power and authority in himself, and also royal dignity given of his Father. He is the righteous king; in a word, he is "the Lord our righteousness." We are waiting till he shall be manifested among men as the ever righteous Judge. May the Lord hasten on his own time the long looked for day. Now wars and fightings are even in Israel itself, but soon the dispensation will change, and David, the type of Jesus warring with our enemies, shall be displaced by Solomon the prince of peace.
Henry, Matthew. "Concise Commentary on Psalm 72." "Matthew Henry Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible."
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