Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
The inscription leaves us uncertain who composed this psalm, though it closes David's prayers and bears his mark more than Solomon's. Solomon could scarcely have prophesied his own reign without vanity; but David, foreseeing the prosperity promised his house, lifted his eyes to that greatest King yet to come, the Messiah, whose reign this description truly fits.
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Commenting on Psalm 72:1-20
These verses call not for explanation but for adoration. We behold Jesus exalted as King of kings and Lord of lords, sole wonder worker, and our hearts cry daily for that bright consummation when His glory shall fill the whole earth. Amen, and Amen.
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Commenting on Psalm 72:18
The Messiah, truly and properly God, deserves this doxology because all good things flow from Him. He alone has done the wondrous thing: that God became man, suffered and died in our room, and saves us from sin and ruin. No other could accomplish it.
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