He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
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
The poor are hunted by deceit and violence both, the fox and the lion combined against Christ's lambs, but the Shepherd will defeat them. Jesus will not cast away the humblest of His subjects in needless wars as tyrants have done; He gave His own blood and counts the blood of His servants as His most precious things.
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Christ redeems the soul from deceit, the cunning wiles of Satan and false teachers who would deceive the elect, and from violence, the tyrannical power of sin and the devouring lion himself who cannot snatch them from His hands. Their blood is precious in His sight, either prevented from shedding or avenged when shed.
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