1. God is the source of all judgement (Deuteronomy 1:17);

he king is His representative for administering it.

May God therefore

- grant him such a knowledge of the divine laws and ordinances by which

he is to govern Israel,

- and endow him with such a divine spirit of justice,

as may make him a worthy ruler.

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Give the king — Namely, Solomon, who was now anointed king, although his father was yet living,

1 Kings 1:39; thy judgments — Either, 1st, Thy statutes and precepts, often called God’s judgments; as thou hast already given them to him in thy book, so give them to him in another and better way, by writing them upon his heart, or by giving him a perfect knowledge of them, and a hearty love to them, that he may obey and walk according to them. Or, 2d, Give him a thorough acquaintance with thy manner of governing and judging, that he may follow thy example in ruling thy people, as thou rulest them, namely, in righteousness, as it follows.

He says judgments, in the plural number, because, though the office of ruling and judging was but one, yet there were divers parts and branches of it; in all which he prays that Solomon might be directed to do as God would have him do in such cases

Just judgement is the constant characteristic of the ideal king (Isaiah 11:3 ff; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 28:6; Isaiah 32:1).

The words of this verse and the next are the echo of God’s offer to Solomon,

“Ask what I shall give thee;” and of Solomon’s answer,

“Give thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people;”

and a prayer for the effectual realisation of the promise, “

Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart.”

1 Kings 3:5 ff.

 9 Obdaruj svojho služobníka schopnosťou spravovať tvoj ľud a rozlišovať medzi dobrým a zlým. Kto by inak mohol spravovať tento taký mohutný ľud?!“ 10 Pánovi sa páčilo, že si Šalamún práve toto žiadal.

 Dávam ti múdre a rozvážne srdce, takže tebe podobnému nebolo pred tebou a nebude ani po tebe. 13 Dám ti aj to, o čo si nežiadal: bohatstvo a slávu, aby sa ti po celý život nikto spomedzi kráľov nevyrovnal.

Mesiášske kráľovstvo   Biblia.sk | Ekumenický preklad - Izaiáš 11. kapitola

3 V bázni pred Hospodinom bude mať záľubu, nebude súdiť podľa vonkajšieho zdania ani nebude rozhodovať podľa toho, čo predtým počul,4 ale spravodlivo bude súdiť slabých a nestranne rozhodovať o ponížených v krajine. Palicou svojich úst bude biť násilníkov, dychom svojich pier usmrtí bezbožníka.

Záchrana je na Sione Biblia.sk | Ekumenický preklad - Izaiáš 16. kapitola

5 V Dávidovom stane bude milosrdenstvom upevnený trón a bude na ňom verne sedieť sudca, ktorý hľadá právo a usiluje sa o spravodlivosť.

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6 Tomu, čo zasadá na súde, vnukne spravodlivosť a dodá silu tým, čo zatlačia boj k bráne.

Kráľovstvo spravodlivosti Biblia.sk | Ekumenický preklad - Izaiáš 32. kapitola

1 Kráľ bude spravodlivo panovať, kniežatá budú vládnuť podľa práva.

Psalm 72:1

"Give the king thy judgments, O God." The right to reign was transmitted by descent from David to Solomon, but not by that means alone:

Israel was a theocracy, and the kings were but the viceroys of the greater King;

hence the prayer that the new king might be enthroned by divine right,

and then endowed with divine wisdom.

Our glorious King in Zion hath all judgment committed unto him.

He rules in the name of God over all lands.

He is king "Dei Gratia" as well as by right of inheritance.

"And thy righteousness unto the king's son."

Solomon was both king and king's son; so also is our Lord.

He has power and authority in himself, and also royal dignity given him 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 in his own time the long-looked-for day. Now wars and fighting 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.

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