Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
11. Yea, let all kings fall down before him,
Let all nations serve him.
The allusions to Solomon’s empire in this and the preceding verse are obvious. “All kingdoms brought presents and served Solomon.” “All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, and they brought every man his present.” His alliance with Phoenicia brought him into connexion with the West; he had extensive commerce both by sea and land with the East and South; his fame brought the queen of Sheba to visit him in person. See 1Ki 4:21; 1Ki 4:34; 1Ki 10:1 ff., 1Ki 10:11 ; 1Ki 10:15; 1Ki 10:22; 1Ki 10:25 ; 1Ki 10:28-29.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Yea, all kings shall fall down … – That is, his reign will be universal. The kings and people mentioned in the previous verses are only specimens of what will occur. All kings – all nations – will do what these are represented as doing. They will submit to the Messiah; they will own him as their Lord. See the notes at Psa 2:8. Compare Isa 49:23.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 11. All kings shall fall down before] They shall reverence him on account of his great wisdom, riches, c.
All nations shalt serve him.] All the surrounding nations. This and the preceding verses are fully explained by 1Kg 10:23-25: “King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. And all the earth sought unto Solomon to hear his wisdom. And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments and armour, and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year.” If we take these expressions to mean literally all the habitable globe, then they cannot be applied to Solomon but if we take them as they are most evidently used by the sacred writer, then they are literally true. When all the earth shall be brought to receive the Gospel of Christ, then they may be applied to him.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Which cannot be said of Solomon with any truth or colour, but was unquestionably verified in Christ; of whom therefore this must be understood. For what is said 1Ki 4:21, that Solomon reigned over all kingdoms, is there limited to them that reigned from the river unto Egypt; whereas the expressions here are unlimited and universal.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him,…. Or worship him; not with a civil, but religious worship; for such worship is due to Christ, he being God equal with the Father, and so to be equally honoured; the Creator of all things, the Redeemer of his people, Head and Lord of the church, and whom the angels adore; every part of worship is to be given him; internal, which lies in the exercise of faith, hope, love, fear, c. and external, which consists of prayer to him, praise of him, preaching in his name, and the administration of ordinances and this worship is to be performed in the same manner as to the Father, in spirit and in truth, in righteousness and holiness, with reverence and godly fear. This is to be understood, either literally of the kings of the earth, and which will have its full accomplishment in the latter day; see Isa 49:23; or mystically of such who are made kings unto God the Father by Christ; who reign spiritually now, through the power of divine grace in their hearts; have the honour, riches, and attendance of kings, and a crown and kingdom prepared for them; and shall reign with Christ on earth, though under him, at whose feet they cast their crowns: all this shows the dignity of Christ’s person and office; that he is the Prince of the kings of the earth, the firstborn of God, whom he has made higher than they, and King of kings, and Lord of lords; whose princes, and all whose subjects, are altogether kings. This passage is allowed to belong to the Messiah, both by ancient and modern Jews g; and indeed it never was true of Solomon, nor of any other;
all nations shall serve him; which will be in the latter day; see Isa 2:2; the Jews say h, that in the world to come, or the times of the Messiah, all the Gentiles shall be voluntary proselytes.
g Zohar in Gen. fol. 84. 4. Bemidbar Rabba, s. 13. fol. 209. 4. Midrash Megillat Esther, fol. 86. 2. R. Isaac Chizzuk Emunah, par. 1. p. 44. h T. Avodah Zarah, fol. 24. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
11. And all kings shall prostrate themselves before him. This verse contains a more distinct statement of the truth, That the whole world will be brought in subjection to the authority of Christ. The kingdom of Judah was unquestionably never more flourishing than under the reign of Solomon; but even then there were only a small number of kings who paid tribute to him, and what they paid was inconsiderable in amount; and, moreover, it was paid upon condition that they should be allowed to live in the enjoyment of liberty under their own laws. While David then began with his own son, and the posterity of his son, he rose by the Spirit of prophecy to the spiritual kingdom of Christ; a point worthy of our special notice, since it teaches us that we have not been called to the hope of everlasting salvation by chance, but because our heavenly Father had already destined to give us to his Son. From this we also learn, that in the Church and flock of Christ there is a place for kings; whom David does not here disarm of their sword nor despoil of their crown, in order to admit them into the Church, but rather declares that they will come with all the dignity of their station to prostrate themselves at the feet of Christ.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(11) Yea, all kings shall . . .Better, as before, Let all kings.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
11. All kings all nations This is a summing up of all that has been said, and clearly fixes the world-dominion of the “king” here prophetically extolled.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Ver. 11. Yea, all kings, &c. ] Of Christ this is and shall be verified without a hyperbole. Constantine, Valentinian, and Theodosius, three emperors, called themselves Christ’s vassals, as Socrates reporteth; Canutus set his crown upon the crucifix, &c.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
all kings: Psa 2:10-12, Psa 138:4, Psa 138:5, Isa 49:22, Isa 49:23, Rev 11:15, Rev 17:14, Rev 21:24, Rev 21:26
all nations: Psa 86:9, Isa 11:9, Isa 54:5, Rom 11:25, Rev 20:1-6
Reciprocal: Num 24:19 – Of Jacob 2Sa 8:2 – brought gifts 1Ki 4:21 – brought 1Ki 4:24 – all the kings 1Ki 8:43 – General 2Ch 29:29 – bowed themselves Psa 22:27 – All the ends Psa 22:29 – shall Psa 68:29 – shall Psa 71:21 – increase Psa 89:27 – higher Psa 102:15 – General Psa 113:3 – General Psa 148:11 – Kings Isa 49:7 – Kings Isa 49:12 – these shall Isa 60:3 – kings Isa 62:2 – all kings Isa 66:18 – that I Jer 10:7 – O King Dan 2:47 – a Lord Dan 7:27 – and all Mal 1:11 – my name Mat 4:9 – I give Luk 4:7 – worship me Rom 4:13 – For the Rom 14:11 – every knee 1Co 14:25 – falling Heb 1:8 – a sceptre Rev 1:5 – and the prince Rev 4:10 – fall Rev 19:16 – KING