Deu 16:18-19, 2Sa 23:3, 2Ch 19:6-7, Psa 72:1-4, Isa 11:3-5, 32:1 | TSK | STEP | Judges. in all thy gates.This expression may refer to the gate of the city, as the forum or place of public concourse among the Israelites, where a court of judicature was held, to try all causes and decide all affairs. The same practice obtained among other Eastern nations. The Ottoman court, it is well known, derived its appellation of the {Porte,} from the distribution of justice and the dispatch of public business at its gates. And the square tower which forms the principal entrance to the Alhamra, or red palace of the Moorish kings of Grenada, retains to this day the appellation of the Gate of judgment, from its having been the place where justice was at one period summarily administered.

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

Judges.

1:15-17; 17:9,12; 19:17,18; 21:2; Ex 18:25,26; 21:6; 1Ch 23:4; 26:29

in all thy gates.This expression may refer to the gate of the city, as the forum or place of public concourse among the Israelites, where a court of judicature was held, to try all causes and decide all affairs. The same practice obtained among other Eastern nations. The Ottoman court, it is well known, derived its appellation of the {Porte,} from the distribution of justice and the dispatch of public business at its gates. And the square tower which forms the principal entrance to the Alhamra, or red palace of the Moorish kings of Grenada, retains to this day the appellation of the Gate of judgment, from its having been the place where justice was at one period summarily administered.

wrest.

24:17; 27:19; Ex 23:2,6-8; Le 19:15; 1Sa 8:3; 12:3; Job 31:21,22

Pr 17:23; Ec 7:7; Isa 1:17,23; 33:15; Jer 5:28; Eze 22:12; Mic 7:3

Hab 1:4; Zep 3:3-5; Ac 16:37; 23:3

respect.

1:16,17; 10:17; Ex 23:7,8; Pr 24:23,28; Ac 10:34

words. or, matters.

2 Samuel 23:3

God.

Ge 33:20; Ex 3:15; 19:5,6; 20:2

the Rock.

22:2,32; De 32:4,30,31; Ps 42:9

He that ruleth. or, Be thou ruler, etc.

Ps 110:2

must be just.

Ex 23:6-8; De 16:18-20; Ps 82:3,4; Pr 31:9; Isa 11:4,5; 32:1

Jer 23:5; Zec 9:9; Heb 1:8

ruling.

Ex 18:21; 2Ch 19:7-9; Ne 5:14

2 Chronicles 19:6-7

Take.

Jos 22:5; 1Ch 28:10; Lu 12:15; 21:8; Ac 5:35; 22:26

ye judge.

De 1:17; Ps 82:1-6; Ec 5:8

judgment. Heb. matter of judgment.

let the.

Ge 42:18; Ex 18:21,22,25,26; Ne 5:15; Isa 1:23-26

no iniquity.

Ge 18:25; De 32:4; Ro 3:5,6; 9:14

respect of persons.

De 10:17,18; Job 34:19; Mt 22:16; Ac 10:34; Ro 2:11; Ga 2:6

Eph 6:9; Col 3:25; 1Pe 1:17

taking of gifts.

Ex 23:8; De 16:18,19; Isa 1:23; 33:15; Mic 7:3

Psalms 72:1-4

1 David, praying for Solomon, shews the goodness and glory of his kingdom, and in type of Christ's kingdom

18 He blesses God.

A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. (Title.) A Psalm.This Psalm seems to have been composed by David in his last days, when he had set his beloved son on the throne. "Then," says Calmet, "transported with joy and gratitude, he addressed this Psalm to God, in which he prays Him to pour out His blessings on the young king, and upon the people. He then, wrapped up in a divine enthusiasm, ascends to a higher subject; and sings the glory of the Messiah, and the magnificence of his reign."

for. or, of.

127:1; *title

Give.

1Ki 1:39-53; 1Ch 22:12,13; 29:19; 2Ch 1:10; Isa 11:2; Joh 3:34

Heb 1:8,9

the king's.

1Ki 1:47,48; 2:1-4; Jer 23:5,6

He shall.

12-14; 45:6,7; 1Ki 3:5-10; Isa 11:3-5; 32:1,17; Jer 33:15; Re 19:11

thy poor.

12:5; 82:3,4; Job 34:19

mountains.