Psalms 72:2
May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
BSB
ASV
He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.
KJV
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
And I support this from Psalm 71 [LXX], which says, "Give to the king your judgment, O God; and your justice to the king's son, to judge your people with justice, and your poor with judgment." For clearly the psalm, which has been ascribed to Solomon, prophesies of Christ.
That this prophecy must refer to the kingdom of the Messiah is plain, because there are many passages in it which cannot be applied to the reign of Solomon. There was indeed a great deal of righteousness and peace, at first, in the administration of his government; but, before the end of his reign, there were both trouble and unrighteousness.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness. Clothed with divine authority, he shall use it on the behalf of the favoured nation, for whom he shall show himself strong, that they be not misjudged, slandered, or in any way treated maliciously. His sentence shall put their accusers to silence, and award the saints their true position as the accepted of the Lord. What a consolation to feel that none can suffer wrong in Christ's kingdom: he sits upon the great white throne, unspotted by a single deed of injustice, or even mistake of judgment: reputations are safe enough with him.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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
Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
leads to
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Through
Isaiah 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
leads to
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
