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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 91. Psalm 72

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[¶0] Of Solomon

[¶1] 1 O God! thy judgments give to the King, And thy righteousness to the son of the King

[¶2] 2 He shall judge thy people in righteousness, And thy poor ones in judgment.

[¶3] 3 Bring forth shall the mountains peace to the people, And the hills in righteousness.

[¶4] 4 He shall judge the poor ones of the people; He shall save the children of the afflicted; And shall break in pieces the calumniator.

[¶5] 5 They shall fear thee with the sun; And before the moon the generation of generations shall fear thee.

[¶6] 6 He shall descend as rain upon the mown grass; As the showers which water the earth.

[¶7] 7 Flourish in his days shall the righteous; And abundance of peace until there be no more moon.

[¶8] 8 And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, And from the river even to the ends of the earth.

[¶9] 9 Before him shall bow the inhabitants of the desert, And his enemies shall lick the dust.

[¶10] 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles a present shall bring: The kings of Sheba and Seba a gift shall offer to him

[¶11] 11 And all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; All nations shall serve him.

[¶12] 12 For he shall deliver the poor who crieth to him, And the needy who hath no helper.

[¶13] 13 He will have compassion upon the indigent and the poor one, And the souls of the poor ones he will save.

[¶14] 14 From fraud and violence he will redeem their souls, And precious shall be their blood in his eyes.

[¶15] 15 And he shall live, and there shall be given to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayer shall be made for him continually; Daily shall he be blessed.

[¶16] 16 There shall be sown an handful of corn in the earth on the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall be shaken like [that] of Lebanon. And they shall go forth from the city as a plant of the earth.

[¶17] 17 His name shall be for ever; In presence of the sun propagated shall be his name: And bless themselves in him shall all nations, And blessed they shall call him.

[¶18] 18 Blessed be Jehovah God! the God of Israel! Who doeth wonderful things alone.

[¶19] 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

[¶20] 20 Finished are the prayers of David, the son of Jesse.