“Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.”
This opening petition that God would give judgment to the king articulates the prayer for just governance and wise rule. The reference to God's righteousness to the royal son indicates that kingship should be grounded in God's justice. This verse establishes the psalm as a prayer for righteous rulership and the blessing that flows from it.
Church Fathers on Psalms 72:1
1. “For Salomon” indeed this Psalm's title is fore-noted: but things are spoken of therein which could not apply to that Salomon king of Israel after the flesh, according to those things which holy Scripture speaks concerning him: but they can most pertinently apply to the Lord Christ. Whence it is perceived, that the very word Salomon is used in a figurative sense, so that in him Christ is to be taken. For Salomon is interpreted peace-maker: and on this account such a word…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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