John Trapp on Psalms 72:1

PSAL. LXXII.

A Pſalm for Salomon] Whom his Father David had crowned whilſt yet alive; and now, at point of death, leaveth him this his laſt bequeath as a Baſilicondoron, a direction in point of Government, and a prediction of a moſt flouriſhing reign thereupon; This laſt he ſo deſcribeth, that by a ſpirit of Prophecy, attributing eternity thereunto, he riſeth up from Salomon to Chriſt, of whom hee was a type; like as alſo the Promiſe made to David concerning Salomon and Chriſt, was conceived in ſuch terms by God himſelf, as if they had been almoſt one and the ſame perſon, 2 Sam. 7.13, 14. 1 Chron. 22.10.

Verſ. 1. Give the King thy Judgements, O God] i. e. Give me for that little time I have here to live, and reign, skill and will to do it aright, and as thy Law requireth.

And thy righteouſneſs unto the Kings Son] To Salomon, and his Succeſſors; for Davids great care was the welfare of Gods people after his deceaſe, for which end he both prayeth, and principleth his Son Salomon; and herein his great piety to the end appeareth. I could not but love the man (ſaid Theodoſius the Emperour concerning Ambroſe) who, as whiles he lived, he heartily wiſhed that the contentions that were in the Church might be quenched, though it were with his bloud; ſo when he dyed, he was more ſollicitous of the Churches welfare than of his own.