Psalms 72:1 BSB — MannaFest

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7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים	'elo.Him	O God	H430 →
מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ	Mish.pa.tei.kha	judgments your	H4941 →
לְמֶ֣לֶךְ	le.Me.lekh	to [the] king	H4428 →
תֵּ֑ן	Ten	give	H5414 →
וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥	ve.tzid.ka.te.Cha	and righteousness your	H6666 →
לְבֶן־	le.ven-	to [the] son of	H1121 →
מֶֽלֶךְ׃	Me.lekh	[the] king	H4428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6666vetzidkatechaand righteousness your157×

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 1:10
Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
leads to
- 1 Kings 3:9
  Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- Proverbs 4:7
  Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
- Proverbs 2:2–6
  if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
- Psalms 119:34
  Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
- James 1:5
  Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Through
1 Kings 1:39
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
leads to
- Psalms 89:20
  I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- 1 Kings 1:34
  There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
Through
1 Chronicles 29:19
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
  As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Chronicles 1:10Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”Jeremiah 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.1 Chronicles 22:12–13Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.1 Chronicles 29:19And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”1 Kings 1:39Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.1 Timothy 2:2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.Hebrews 1:8–9But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.1 Chronicles 22:12Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.2 Kings 2:9After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.2 Kings 15:5And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.Ezekiel 37:22I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

How Jewish tradition read this as messianic
Matthew 2:11
royal psalm; Targum 'the King Messiah... Son of David the King'; kings bring gifts (reception tier R4).
Edersheim, Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Appendix IX (public domain)

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