“Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.”
The affirmation that all kings would fall down and all nations would serve articulates the comprehensive submission to righteous rule. The universal scope indicates that all human authority would be subordinate to the righteous king. This verse expresses the eschatological vision of universal submission to righteous governance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 72:11
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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