Psalms 72

Psalms 72:4

Knoweth - Observes with care and affection. The days - All things which befal them, their dangers and fears, and suffering. For ever - To them and their seed for ever: and when they die their inheritance is not lost, but exchanged for one infinitely better.

Psalms 72:6

Fat - Which in an instant melts before the fire.

Psalms 72:9

Established - So that he shall not fall into mischief.

Psalms 72:10

Fall - Into trouble.

Psalms 72:11

Forsaken - These temporal promises, were more express to the Jews in the times of the Old Testament, than to Christians.

Psalms 72:12

Blessed - Not only with spiritual, but with temporal blessings.

Psalms 72:13

Dwell - Thou shalt dwell in the land, and afterwards in heaven.

Psalms 72:16

The mouth - Having shewed, God’s singular care over the righteous, he proceeds to give a character of them. Judgment - Of God’s judgment, word or law.

Psalms 72:17

Heart - His thoughts, meditations and affections are fixed upon it. Slide - Slide, or swerve, from the rule, from God’s law.