Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 72:1

1 GIve the king thy judgments , O God, and thy righteousness unto the kings son.

Solomon, who was now anointed King, his Father yet Living, 1 Kings 1. [illegible: 1+ letters]9. And this Psalm may seem to be made for that great and solemn Occasion.

(i. e.) Either, 1. Thy Statutes and Precepts, which are oft called God's Iudgments; which as thou hast given already in thy Book, so give them to him a second, and a better way, by writing them upon his Heart, or by giving him a solid knowledge of them, and an hearty Love and Obedience to them. Or rather, 2. Thy manner of Government or Administration, [illegible: 1+ letters]which is oft called Iudgment, as Psal. 94. 15. Isa. 28. 6. &c. that he may follow thy Example in governing thy People, as thou governest them, to wit, in Righteousness, as it follows. He saith Iudgments in the plural Number, because though the Office of judging and ruling was but one, yet there were divers parts and Branches, and Acts of it; as to acquit the Innocent, to Condemn the Guilty, &c. in all which he begs that Solomon may be directed to do as God doth, or would have him to do in such Cases.

That Grace of Righteousness, which is a part of thine Image, and is absolutely necessary for good Government.