“He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.”
The petition that the king would judge the poor with righteousness articulates the fundamental criterion for just rule: care for the vulnerable and marginalized. The reference to the needy receiving justice establishes that equity toward the powerless is essential to righteous governance. This verse establishes the standard by which kingship is evaluated.
Church Fathers on Psalms 72:2
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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