Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure forever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
17. May his name endure for ever;
As long as the sun doth shine may his name have Issue:
May all nations bless themselves in him, (and) call him happy.
The Psalmist prays that the king’s name may not perish like the name of the wicked (Job 18:19), but may always have issue, be perpetuated in his posterity as long as time lasts (cp. Psa 72:5). The Ancient Versions however (LXX, Syr., Targ., Jer.) point to the reading yikkn, shall be established, instead of yinnn, shall have issue, a word which is found nowhere else. Cp. Psa 89:37; 1Ki 2:12; 1Ki 2:45. The LXX reads, “All the families of the earth shall be blessed in him, all nations shall call him happy.” But each of these last three verses is a tristich, and the words “all families of the earth” are introduced from Gen 12:3. May all nations bless themselves in him, invoking for themselves the blessings which he enjoys as the highest and best which they can imagine (cp. Gen 48:20); an allusion to the promises to Abraham and Isaac (Gen 22:18; Gen 26:4).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
His name shall endure for ever – Margin, as in Hebrew, Shall be forever; that is, He shall endure forever.
His name shall be continued as long as the sun – As long as that continues to shine – an expression designed to express perpetuity. See the notes at Psa 72:5. The margin here is, shall be as a son to continue his fathers name forever. The Hebrew word – nun – means to sprout, to put forth; and hence, to flourish. The idea is that of a tree which continues always to sprout, or put forth leaves, branches, blossoms; or, which never dies.
And men shall be blessed in him – See Gen 12:3; Gen 22:18. He will be a source of blessing to them, in the pardon of sin; in happiness; in peace; in salvation.
All nations shall call him blessed – Shall praise him; shall speak of him as the source of their highest comforts, joys, and hopes. See Luk 19:38; Mat 21:9; Mat 23:39. The time will come when all the nations of the earth will honor and praise him.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 72:17
His name shall endure for ever: His name shall be continued as long as the sun.
The name of Christ
I. The Saviours renown. For by His name we understand His renown.
1. The source from whence this renown is derived. It is from His proper and essential divinity; from His condescending and efficacious sufferings; from His exaltation and mediatorial glory. What is all other renown compared to His?
2. The permanence with which it is invested. We have seen much of the essential perpetuity of our Saviours renown, from what has already transpired in the history and annals of the world. It has endured the attack of heathenism when made under the elements of classic Greece or the power of inferior Rome. It has endured the attack of modern infidelity, which uttered its hell-cry from philosopher to king, and back again from king to philosopher, Crush the wretch, crush the wretch!–by that wretch meaning the Redeemer, whose Cause and whose glory we plead.
II. The redeemers influence.
1. Its method. It is secured through His Spirit, His Word, His Church.
2. Its character–it is one of blessing and grace. The religion of Christ alone is the source alike of national, of domestic, and of individual felicity.
3. Its extent–All nations shall call Him blessed. (James Parsons.)
The imperishable name
We apply these words to Christ, although their literal reference may point to another. What reason have we to believe that Christs name will endure for ever?
I. He is the author of an immortal book. Mens names come down through the centuries by reason of the books they have written, although the time comes when the most enduring of these become obsolete and pass away. Now, the Bible is Christs book. He is at once its Author and its substance. But, unlike other books, it has imperishable elements.
1. Its doctrines are true to the immortal intellect.
2. Its precepts are true to the undying conscience.
3. Its provisions are true to the unquenchable aspirations.
II. He is the Founder of enduring institutions. Mens names come down in institutions they have founded. Christ has instituted the Lords Supper. And the Sunday commemorates Him.
III. He is the living Head of an undying family. Conclusion. Trust this name. (Homilist.)
The eternal name
It is the name of Jesus Christ. Text true of–
I. The religion sanctioned by His name.
1. There was never a time when it did not exist here on earth.
2. If it were destroyed no other religion would take its place.
3. If another could, by what means would you crush this?
4. And if it could be crushed, what would become of the world then: would life be worth living?
II. The honour of His name. As long as a redeemed sinner is to be found, so long will the honour of Christs name endure. And so of–
III. The power of His name. For it alone gives peace, purity, triumph in death. Let all other names perish, as they will: but this never. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
The honour of the name of Christ
The language of this psalm cannot be confined to Solomon: it speaks of him only as he was in office or character the type of Christ. The full meaning of the psalm belongs to Christ alone. By the name of Christ, His chief greatness or excellency, His peculiar honour and glory, is meant. Now, such glory has been given to Christ–
I. By God the Father.
1. In the eternal counsels.
2. At His baptism.
3. On the Mount Of Transfiguration.
4. By the Resurrection.
II. From the angels of God. Their knowledge, their security, have been furthered by Christ in His redeeming work.
III. From the redeemed among men. Through their justification and sanctification they become witnesses to the glory and greatness of the Redeemer. (J. Bannerman, D. D.)
Christs renown
By the name of Christ is signified His renown. Now, this prediction was uttered more than a thousand years before the birth of Christ, and when deep obscurity rested upon all that pertained to Him. And when He was born and had entered on His ministry, there was scarcely anything in His condition or circumstances to justify the anticipation of His endless renown. He died ignominiously forsaken of all His friends. But after His death their love revived, and they went forth to preach His name. But still there seemed little probability that the name of their Master should endure for ever. Yet so it has been. The triumphs of Christianity are all known. Time rolled on, and the fame of Christ widened and spread. And His fame and renown are entirely different from that which belongs to all others. For–
I. Where once Christs name has been known it has never been entirely rooted out. Even in the place where the seven Churches of Asia withered under the curse of heaven, His name is not lost. But other names, however great, are.
II. The knowledge which men have of Him is more intimate and particular than that which they have of any of the great men of the past. How little we know of these how much we know of Him.
III. And the knowledge of Him is possessed by all classes. Not the rich and educated alone, but the poor and the common people know Him.
IV. And how different the feelings which we associate with Him from those which we have for others. It is not mere admiration or respect, but we give Him our hearts. Every mention of His name touches our deepest affections. What wonder that He should receive the homage of a world! But what is He to us? That is the all-important question. Has such a friend, such a Saviour, no beauty in our eyes? God forbid that we should refuse Him that love which He asks for, and so richly merits from us. (J. W. Adams, D. D.)
His name shall endure
I. Why may the influence of Christs name be expected to endure for ever?
1. Because He is the greatest benefactor the world has ever seen.
2. Because He is a mighty conqueror. He achieved victory, notwithstanding fearful odds. Look at two periods in the history of the Church. Look at the first three centuries. Emperors and rulers combined to exterminate this new sect. The most determined means were adopted. Religious teachers were put to death or cast into prison. Bibles were gathered together in response to several edicts and burned in different squares and market places. Did these succeed? The very means adopted to destroy the new faith were the means blessed of God for perpetuating it. Religious teachers were scattered over the then known world. To their amazement, I can well believe, they found that God had been preparing the world for their coming. Magnificent roads had been made, so that they could pass easily from town to town. The Greek language was spoken so that they could address the people in their own tongue. Verily it was only in the fulness of time that God sent forth His Son. If you wish to see triumph in connection with the preaching of the Gospel, study the first three centuries of the Gospel history. Look at the last century of the history of the Church. In that century you see the history and the triumph of missions.
II. How is Christs name to be perpetuated?
1. In the hearts of His people. Take Christ and His teaching out of song. Take Christ and His Cross out of poetry, and you take away their very heart and soul and life. No teacher has ever received such tribute as Christ has done. The fact that you have the best geniuses in song, and poetry, and painting, laying their offerings at His feet is one of the most convincing arguments in favour of my text–His name shall endure for ever.
2. By the character of His people. This is one thing that scepticism can never explain away. The maxims and the example of the world can never produce a holy life. It takes Christianity to do that. A holy life is therefore one of the best means by which the influence of Christs name can be perpetuated in this world.
3. By the ordinances of the Church. (W. S. Goodall, M. A.)
Christ–His enduring name
I. The name of Jesus Our Saviour is fitted to endure.
1. By virtue of the law which connects memory with greatness. The great are remembered–great kings, great heroes, great sages, great saints–while the crowd must be forgotten. Jesus does not refuse to be commemorated according to this standard. He does not struggle indeed for fame, but for usefulness; but when He says, Come unto Me, Follow Me, He presupposes transcendent greatness. Even on the human side the greatness of Jesus is unexampled, the greatness of knowledge, of wisdom, of purity, of benevolence, of devotion–such greatness as amounts to absolute perfection.
2. By virtue of the law which connects memory with service.
3. By virtue of the law which connects memory with suffering. Even destroyers and conquerors are better remembered by disaster than by victory–as Alexander by his premature death, Caesar by his assassination, and Napoleon by his exile. How much more have the great benefactors of our race had their memories embalmed by suffering; so that they are cherished as their works and endurances have cost them dear. But how imperfect is every such image of the connection between the Saviours sufferings and the enduring of His name! All others were born to suffer, if not in that form in some other; they were sinners, and could not escape even by labour and service to mankind. But Jesus was above this doom, and stooped to meet it–stooped from a height beyond all parallel. Though He was rich, etc. The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto,. etc.
II. It is destined to endure.
1. The name of Jesus is identified with the existence of the Church. Take it away, and the Church falls. Christianity is obliterated, or sinks in fragmental Take it away, and there is no pardon, no sanctification, no fellowship with God, according to His own word, No man cometh unto the Father but by Me.
2. The name of Jesus Christ is hound up with the history and prospects of mankind. This name is a key to the history of the world. It is not without reason that history is divided into two great periods, before Christ and after Christ.
3. The Saviours name is destined to endure, because it is committed to the watchful care of the Godhead. God the Father sees here the brightest manifestation of Himself, for He thus reveals the fulness of power, the depth of wisdom, the beauty of holiness, the tender radiance of mercy, all shining in the face of Jesus Christ. The continued display of this glory to men and angels is the last end of redemption, the fulfilment by the Father of the prayer of the Son, Glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee. Shall this last prayer, then, be defeated? Shall these supreme manifestations of God, which, pent up from everlasting days, have at last broken forth upon the universe, be recalled? And shall the word of promise that has gone out of His mouth be made void I will make Thy name to be remembered in all generations? (John Cairns, D. D.)
The universality and perpetuity of Christs reign
Buddha is reported to have said that he did not expect his religion to last more than 5,000 years. (W. J. Dawson.)
Voltaire said he lived in the twilight of Christianity. He meant a lie; he spoke the truth. He did live in its twilight; but it was the twilight before the morning; not the twilight of the evening, as he meant to say; for the morning comes, when the light of the sun shall break upon us in its truest glory. The scorners have said that we should soon forget to honour Christ, and that one day no man should acknowledge Him. His name shall endure for ever. (Footsteps of Truth.)
And men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.
What history owes to Jesus Christ
I. The moral and social benefit. We need to take the simplest, plainest facts that lie upon the surface of history, to see what a revelation was implied in the entrance of Christian ideas into such a world as this. It brought, for one thing, a totally new idea of man himself, as a being of infinite dignity and immortal worth; it taught that every mans soul, even the humblest, poorest, and the most defiled, was made in Gods image, is capable of eternal life, and has an infinite value–a value that made worth while Gods own Sons dying to redeem it. It brought back to mens minds the sense of responsibility to God–an idea that had never been possessed, or had been altogether or almost altogether lost. It brought into the world a new spirit of love and charity, something wonderful in the eyes of those heathen as they saw institutions spring up round about them that they had never thought or heard of in heathenism before. It flashed into mens souls a new moral ideal, and set up a standard of truth, and integrity, and purity, which has acted as an elevating force on moral conception in the world till this hour. It restored woman to her rightful place by mans side as his spiritual helpmate and equal, and created that best of Gods blessings on earth, the Christian home, where children are reared in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. It taught the slave his spiritual freedom as a member of the Kingdom of God, gave him a place there in Christs kingdom as an equal with his own master, and struck at the foundations of slavery by its doctrine of the natural brotherhood and the dignity of man. It created self-respect, a sense of duty in the use of ones powers for self-support and for the benefit of others. It urged to honest labour. Let him that stole steal no more, etc. And in a myriad ways, by direct teaching, by the protest of holy lives, by its gentle spirit, it struck at the evils and the corruptions and the malpractices and the cruelties of the time.
II. The religious debt to Jesus. It was Christianity that overthrew the reign of those gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome, and swept them so completely from the path of history that no one, even in his wildest imagination, now dreams of the possibility of their revival. It was Christianity that, still maintaining something of its youthful energy, laid hold of these rough barbarian people in the Middle Ages and trained them to some kind of civilization and moral life. It was Christianity that in England and Scotland lighted the light that by and by spread its radiance through every part of the country. It is Christianity that to-day is teaching the nations to burn their idols, to cease their horrid practices, to take on them the obligations of moral and civilized existence. Whatever blessings or hopes we trace to our religion, whatever light it imparts to our minds or cheer to cur hearts, whatever power there is in it to sustain holiness or conquer sin, all that we owe to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
III. The eternal benefits. Jesus hath abolished death, we read, and hath brought life and immortality to light through His Gospel. And what was better, He not only taught men the way of life, but stood there Himself, the great medium of return to God. He stood there not only teaching men what the way of life was, but He Himself was there to place their feet in its paths. He not only taught us about God, but showed us how to be at peace with Him–brought us back to God, from whom we had wandered, and reconciled us with God. He not only warned us of the dangers and the evils of the life of sin, of the ruin, the destruction which sin brought with it, of the alienation, the estrangement from the life of God that was in sin; but He united Himself there with us, with His infinite mercy in our lone, and lost, and condemned condition, took upon Himself there, on His own soul, that burden we could not for ourselves bear, and through His cross and passion opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. (James Orr, D. D.)
The benefits of Christianity
I. The benefits which Christianity conveys to the communities among whom it is preached.
1. It has diffused among all classes of men the knowledge of God. Nothing, says the son of Sirach, is so much worth as a mind well instructed; but there is no knowledge like that which respects the character of God, our obligations to Him, and expectations from Him. It is the only effectual source of right conduct, and of true comfort, in every state and condition of human life.
2. Christianity has greatly purified and reformed the manners of men. Some of those vices which marked and disgraced the character of heathen nations are scarcely known but by their name; and others, which were openly practised in the face of day, are now hid in obscurity and darkness. On the other hand, some virtues, of the obligation of which the heathens had no apprehension, are not only to be found in the character of real Christians, but have risen into such general credit and esteem as to influence the conduct of many who, in other respects, feel but little of the power of religion.
3. Christianity has promoted among men a spirit of humanity and benevolence, unknown to the heathen world.
4. Christianity has contributed essentially to the safety and prosperity of society.
II. The benefits which it conveys to the individuals who believe and embrace it.
1. It effectuates their conversion to God, and to the obedience of His will.
2. The effects of Christianity upon the Christians state of mind are not less important and happy than its influence upon his character; it restores him to peace with God, and to hope in Him. (A. Duncan.)
Blessed in Him
I. A singular condition.
1. By nature, men are not blessed. The trail of the old serpent is everywhere.
2. The text promises that men shall be delivered from the curse, that they shall be uplifted from their natural unhappiness, that they shall be rescued from their doubtful or their hopeful questioning, and shall even come to be blessed. God shall pronounce them blessed. He shall set upon them the bread seal of Divine approbation; and with that seal there shall come streaming into their hearts the sweetness of intense delight, which shall give them experimentally a blessing to their own conscious enjoyment.
3. Let me tell you what Christ does for a man who is really in Him, and then you will see how He is blessed.
(1) The man who comes to Christ by faith, and truly trusts Christ, has all the past rectified.
(2) He has present favour.
(3) His future is guaranteed.
II. A wide statement.
1. To make this wide statement true requires breadth of number. The text says, Men shall be blessed in Him, that is to say, the most of men, innumerable myriads of men shall get the blessing that Jesus purchased by His death on the cross.
2. It implies great width of variety. Men–not merely kings or noblemen, but Men shall be blessed in Him. Men–not working men, or thinking men, or fighting men, or this sort of men, or the other sort of men, but men of all sorts–Men shall be blessed in Him. It is a delightful thought that Christ is as much fitted to one rank and one class of persons as to another.
3. Our text indicates length of period: Men shall be blessed in Him. Men have been blessed in Him; these many centuries, Christ has shone with all the radiance of omnipotent love upon this poor fallen world, but His light is as full as ever; and, however long this dispensation shall last, Men shall be blessed in Him.
4. The text suggests fulness of sufficiency concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a wonderful depth of meaning in this passage when it says, Men shall be blessed in Him. Oh! says one, Men shall be blessed by philosophy, or by Christ and philosophy. Not at all; it is, Men shall be blessed in Him. But they shall be blessed in Him through trade and commerce and the like. Not so; Men shall be blessed in Him. Have not we, who are half a century old, heard a great number of theories about how the millennium is to be brought about? I remember that, at one time, free trade was to bring it, but it did not; and nothing will over make men blessed unless they get into Christ: Men shall be blessed in Him.
III. The full assurance expressed in the text. It is a grand thing to get a sentence like this with a shall in it: Men shall be blessed in Him. It is not perhaps they may be,but, Men shall be blessed in Him. Not, perchance they may be blessed under certain conditions; but, Men shall be blessed in Him.
1. They shall not try Him and fail.
2. They shall not desire Him and be denied.
3. They shall come to Christ and get the blessing.
IV. Now, with all your hearts, think of my text with a personal appropriation: Men shall be blessed in Him. Are you blessed in Christ? Will you personally answer the question? Do not pass it round, and say to yourself, No doubt there are many who think that they are blessed, and who are not. Never mind about them; for the present moment, ask this question of yourself, Am I blessed in Christ? (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Jesus: all blessing and all blest
I. We ourselves are living witnesses that men are blessed in Christ. You and I do not pretend to be great sages, famous philosophers, or learned divines; but we feel when a pin pricks us, or when a dog bites us. We have sense enough to know when a thing tastes well or ill in the eating. We know chalk from cheese, as the proverb hath it. We know somewhat about our own wants; and we also know when we get those wants supplied. We bear witness that we have been blessed in Him. How much, how deeply, how long, and in how many ways we have been blessed in Him, I will not undertake to say; but this I will say most emphatically, for many of you now present, we have in verity, beyond all question, been blessed in Jesus to the highest degree, and of this we are sure. We believe–and faith grasps the first blessing–that we have received a great blessing in Christ by the removal of a curse which otherwise must have rested upon us. If He had accomplished nothing but the bearing away of our sin into the wilderness–as the scapegoat of old bore away the iniquity of Israel–He would have done enough to set our tongues for ever praising Him. He has lifted from the world the weight of the eternal curses; therefore, let all the bells of our cities ring out His honour, and all the voices of the village sing forth His praise. The negative being removed, we have had a positive actual experience of blessing, for God has blessed us in Christ Jesus, and we know that none are more blest than we are. We are now not at all the men that we used to be as to our inward feelings.
II. We have seen other men blessed in Christ.
1. What social changes we have seen in those who have believed in Him! He has blessed some men and some women at such a rate that the devil himself would not have the impudence to say it was not a blessing. Liar as Satan is, he could not deny that godliness has brought sunshine where there was none: the blessing has been too distinct and manifest for any to deny it.
2. What a moral change have we seen in some! They could not speak without an oath, but the habit of profane swearing ended in a minute, and they have never been tempted to it since. Rash, bad-tempered men, who would break up the furniture of the house in their passion, have become as gentle as lambs. Such furies usually become quiet, peaceable, and long-suffering: grace has a marvellous influence upon the temper.
3. Then, as to mental blessing. What have we seen? This have I seen: here is one case out of many. A young man, who had fallen into sin, came to me in deep despair of mind. He was so desponding that his very face bore witness to his misery. I had tried to set the Gospel clearly before him on the previous Sabbath, but he told me that he could not grasp it, for that by his sin he had reduced his mind to such a state that he felt himself to be little better than an idiot. He was not speaking nonsense either, for there are vices which destroy the intellect. I told him that Jesus Christ could save idiots–that even if his mind was in measure impaired as the result of sin, yet there was quite enough mind left to be made glad with a sense of pardon, seeing there was more than enough to make him heavy with a sense of guilt. I cheered that brother as best I could, but I could effect nothing by my own efforts. Soon the Lord Jesus Christ came to him, and he is now a happy, earnest, joyful Christian.
III. This whole matter is to extend till the entire world shall be blessed in Christ. Even at this moment the whom world is the better for Christ. But where He is best known and loved, there is He the greatest blessing. What snatched many an island of the southern sea from barbarism and cannibalism? What but Jesus Christ preached among them? Men have been blessed in Him in Europe, America, Asia, and everywhere. Africa, and other lands still plunged in barbarism, shall receive light from no other source but that from which our fathers received it centuries ago–from the great Sun of Righteousness. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Christs Kingdom: its progress and prospects
I. The perpetuity of Christs kingdom extending from age to age throughout all generations; for it is in connection with it that His name shall endure for ever, and be continued as long as the sun. Where are the mighty monarchies of the ancient world–the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian–that seemed to have taken deep root in the earth, and, matured by ages of vigour, to bid fair for perpetuity? Even the more modern States of Greece and Rome have undergone a complete change, and their ancient characters are sought in vain in the regions they once emblazoned with glory. Nor has the higher and less vulgar authority of wisdom and legislation been more stable. The schools of ancient philosophy have passed away, and the tenets of their sages have solved for us none of the hard questions suggested by reason and conscience: one great name after another dies from the memory of fleeting generations, as the stars fade with the rising morn.
II. The felicity of this kingdom: Men shall be blessed in Him. Whatever blessings have descended on the human race since the fall, have been communicated through the mediation of Christ; for thus only, we are taught, can a holy God have friendly intercourse with man. But the blessings that specially mark His kingdom are of a spiritual nature, and can be rightly estimated only by a spiritual mind.
III. The destined universal extension of the Kingdom of Christ: all nations shall call Him blessed. And why, asks the infidel, was not this kingdom, and the revelation that makes it known, universal from the beginning? Why did the God of the whole earth confine His favour for many ages to the descendants of Abraham, and, leaving other nations in darkness, restrict the light of heaven to the little province of Judaea? Is it to be believed that, overlooking and despising the great, populous, enlightened empires of the ancient world, He expended all His treasures on a people remarkable only for a bigoted and exclusive superstition? Is this system of favouritism worthy the Sovereign of the universe, the Father of mankind? But not to insist on arguments which, it may be said, are fitted to silence rather than satisfy, it is an important fact, never to be forgotten, that Divine revelation was originally universal, without limitation or selection, commensurate with the necessity that called it forth; none of the progeny of Adam being exempted from the promise of a Redeemer who should bruise the serpents head, given to our first parents as a sacred trust for the benefit of mankind. The truths embodied in these facts were designed to regulate the faith, worship, and hopes of all mankind; and, had they been faithfully preserved, the blessings of the true religion would have been in every mans possession. It was the careless forgetfulness of these things, and the wilful preference of darkness to light, that introduced idolatry and wickedness into the world. If Divine revelation was not universal in ancient times, those who incurred the loss must bear the blame. For though the promise declared that all nations should be blessed in Him, though the Saviours parting command enjoined that His Gospel should be preached to all the world and to every creature, have His disciples as yet acquitted themselves of the charge assigned to them in the realization of this purpose? If the Gospel be not universal, who, we ask, are answerable for this loss? where falls the blame of this delinquency? The commission given to them is continued with us–the promises that supported them are those we rest upon–the purposes of God wait on us still for their accomplishment; and those to whom He commits the fulfilment of His will, are no other than the reclaimed sinners who, like us, have passed from death into life, who stand obedient to His call, who are ready to start to any service in which His interests demand their activity. (H. Grey, D. D.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 17. His name shall endure for ever] Hitherto this has been literally fulfilled. Solomon is celebrated in the east and in the west, in the north and in the south; his writings still remain, and are received, both by Jews and by Gentiles, as a revelation from God; and it is not likely that the name of the author shall ever perish out of the records of the world.
All nations shall call him blessed.] Because of the extraordinary manner in which he was favoured by the Most High. I well know that all these things are thought to belong properly to Jesus Christ; and, in reference to him, they are all true, and ten thousand times more than these. But I believe they are all properly applicable to Solomon: and it is the business of the commentator to find out the literal sense, and historical fact, and not seek for allegories and mysteries where there is no certain evidence of their presence. Where the sacred writers of the New Testament quote passages from the Old, and apply them to our Lord, we not only may but should follow them. And I am ready to grant there may be many other passages equally applicable to him with those they have quoted, which are not thus applied. Indeed, HE is the sum and substance of the whole Scripture. HE spoke by his Spirit in the prophets; and himself was the subject of their declarations. See our Lord’s saying, Lu 24:44.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
His name; the honour and renown of his eminent wisdom, and justice, and goodness; which agrees but very obscurely; and imperfectly to Solomon, who stained the glory of his reign by his prodigious luxury and oppression, and apostacy from God, into which he fell in the latter part of his days.
Shall be continued; or, shall be propagated or transmitted to his children; which suits much better to Christ, from whom we are called Christians, than to Solomon.
As long as the sun, Heb. before the sun; either,
1. Publicly, and in the face of the sun. Or,
2. Perpetually; as a constant and inseparable companion of the sun; as long as the sun itself shall continue. See Poole “Psa 72:5“.
Be blessed in him; either,
1. As a pattern of blessedness. When any man shall wish well to a king, he shall say, The Lord make thee like Solomon. See Poole “Gen 22:18“. Or rather,
2. As the cause of it, by and through his merits and mediation.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
17. His nameor, “gloriousperfections.”
as long as the sun(ComparePs 72:5).
men shall be blessed(Gen 12:3; Gen 18:18).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
His name shall endure for ever,…. As a King; for he is chiefly spoken of here in his kingly office: not merely the fame of him; for so the fame of an earthly king; even of a tyrant, may continue as long as the world does; but the meaning is, that he himself should continue in his office for ever: his throne is for ever and ever; of his government there will be no end; his kingdom is an everlasting one; he shall reign over the house of Jacob, and on the throne of David, for ever and ever: he shall have no successor in this his office, any more than in the priestly office; which is an unchangeable one, or does not pass from one to another: his Gospel is his name, Ac 9:15; and that shall endure for ever, or to the end of the world; until all his elect are gathered in, notwithstanding the violent persecutions of men, the cunning craft of false teachers, and the death of Gospel ministers and professors: as long as this is preached, Christ’s name will endure, since he is the sum and substance of it; and not only is his name perpetuated in his Gospel, but also in his ordinances, those of baptism and the Lord’s supper, which are administered in his name, and will be unto his second coming;
his name shall be continued as long as the sun; or “shall be sonned” or “filiated” r; that is, shall be continued in his sons, in his spiritual offspring, as long as the sun lasts; as the names of parents are continued in their children; so the name of Christ is, and will be, continued in him: he has children which the Lord has given him; a seed that he shall see in all periods of time, to whom he stands in the relation of the everlasting Father; these bear his name, are called “Christians” from him, and these his seed and offspring shall endure for ever: for though sometimes their number may be few; yet there are always some in the worst of times; Christ has always had some to bear his name, and ever will have; and in the latter day they will be very numerous, even as the sand of the sea. The Jews take the word “Yinnon”, here used, for a name of the Messiah s, and render the words, “before the sun his name was Yinnon”; and so the Targum,
“before the sun was, or was created, (as in the king’s Bible,) his name was prepared;”
or appointed: for they say t, the name of the Messiah was one of the seven things created before the world was: it is certain that Christ was the Son of God, from eternity, or the eternal Son of God: he was so before his resurrection from the dead, when he was only declared, and did not then become the Son of God: he was owned by his divine Father, and believed in as the Son of God by men before that time: he was so before his incarnation, and not by that: he, the Son of God, was sent in human nature, and made manifest in it, and was known by David and Solomon, under that relation; and, as such, he was concerned in the creation of all things; and was in the day of eternity, and from all eternity, the only begotten Son of the Father; see Ps 2:7; but the version and sense which Gussetius u gives seem best of all; “his name shall generate”, or “beget children before the sun”; that is, his name preached, as the Gospel, which is his name, Ac 9:15, shall be the means of begetting many sons and daughters openly and publicly, in the face of the sun, and wherever that is;
and [men] shall be blessed in him; men, and not angels, sinful men; such as are by nature children of wrath, and cursed by the law of works, yet blessed in Christ; even all elect men, all that are chosen in him, whether Jews or Gentiles; for he is the “seed [of] Abraham”, in whom “all the nations of the earth should be blessed”, Ge 22:18; as they are with all spiritual blessings; with redemption, peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life: they are in him, and blessed in him; he is their head and representative, and so blessed in him; he is the fountain, cause, author, and giver of all blessings; they all come from him, through him, and for his sake, through his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice. Or, “they shall be blessed in him”: that is, his children and spiritual offspring, in whom his name is perpetuated. Or, “they shall bless themselves in him” w; reckon themselves blessed in him, and make their boast of him, and glory in him;
all nations shall call him blessed; as he is a divine Person; not only the Son of the Blessed, but God over all, blessed for ever; and as man, being set at the right hand of God, crowned with glory and honour, and all creatures, angels and men, subject to him; and as Mediator, acknowledging him to be the fountain of all blessedness to them, and, upon that account, ascribing all blessing, honour, glory, and praise, unto him.
r “filiabitur”, Montanus, Vatablus, Michaelis. s T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 98. 2. Midrash Echa Rabbati, fol. 50. 2. Pirke Eliezer, c. 32. fol. 33. 2. t T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 54. 1. Nedarim, fol. 39. 2. Bereshit Bereihit Rabba, s. 1. fol. 1. 2. u Ebr. Comment. p. 511. w “et benedicentes sibi in eo”, Junius Tremellius so Cocceius, Michaelis, Ainsworth.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
17. His name shall endure for ever The inspired writer again repeats what he had previously affirmed concerning the perpetual duration of this kingdom. And he doubtless intended carefully to distinguish it from earthly kingdoms, which either suddenly vanish away, or at length, oppressed with their own greatness, fall into ruin, affording by their destruction incontestible evidence that nothing in this world is stable and of long duration. When he says that his name shall endure for ever, it is not to be understood as merely implying that his fame should survive his death, as worldly men are ambitious that their name may not be buried with their body. He is rather speaking of the kingdom when he says that the name of this prince will continue illustrious and glorious for ever. Some explain the words לפני-שמש, liphney-shemesh, which we have rendered, in the presence of the sun, as if he meant that the glory with which God would invest the kings of Judah would surpass the brightness of the sun; but this is at variance with the context, for he had said above, (verse 5,) in the same sense, with the sun, and in the presence of the moon.
After having, therefore, made mention of the everlasting duration of the name of this king, he subjoins, by way of explanation, his name shall be continued in the presence of the sun Literally it is, his name shall have children, (145) (for the Hebrew verb is derived from the noun for son,) that is to say, it shall be perpetuated from father to son; (146) and as the sun rises daily to enlighten the world, so shall the strength of this king be continually renewed, and thus will continue from age to age for ever. In like manner, we shall afterwards see that the sun and the moon are called witnesses of the same eternity, (Psa 89:38.) Whence it follows that this cannot be understood of the earthly kingdom, which flourished only for a short time in the house of David, and not only lost its vigor in the third successor, but was at length ignominiously extinguished. It properly applies to the kingdom of Christ; and although that kingdom often totters upon the earth when assailed with the furious hatred of the whole world, and battered by the most formidable engines of Satan, it is yet wonderfully upheld and sustained by God, that it may not altogether fail. The words which follow, All nations shall bless themselves in him, admit of a twofold meaning. The Hebrews often use this form of expression when the name of any man is used as an example or formula of prayer for blessings. For instance, a man blesses himself in David, who beseeches God to be as favorable and bountiful to him as he proved himself to be towards David. On the other hand, he is said to curse in Sodom and Gomorrah who employs the names of these cities by which to pronounce some curse. If, then, these two expressions, they shall bless themselves in him, and they shall call him blessed, are used in the same sense; the expression, to bless themselves in the king, will just mean to pray that the same prosperity may be conferred upon us which was conferred upon this highly favored king, whose happy condition will excite universal admiration. But if it is considered preferable to distinguish between these two expressions, (which is not less probable,) to bless one’s self in the king, will denote to seek happiness from him; for the nations will be convinced that nothing is more desirable than to receive from him laws and ordinances.
(145) “ Filiabitur nomen ejus.” — Henry In the margin of our English Bibles it is, “He shall be as a son to continue his father’s name.” Bishop Patrick, therefore, paraphrases it, “His memory and fame shall never die, but be propagated from father to son, so long as the sun shall shine.” Rosenmüller reads, “ Sobolescet nomen ejus , ‘his name shall increase,’ that is, shall be continued as long as the sun endureth; the government shall continue to his posterity in perpetual succession.” “The verb נון, nun, ” he adds, “which occurs only in this passage, is explained from the noun נין, nin, Gen 21:23; Job 18:19; Isa 14:22. In these passages the word has obviously the meaning of offspring, and by the Chaldee interpreters, it is constantly rendered by the word בר, bar, falius , ‘a son.’ It may, therefore, be assumed with certainty, that the verb נון, nun, signifies sobolem procreare , ‘to procreate descendants.’ It may, however, be added, that the Alexandrine has here διαμενεῖ, a rendering in which both the Vulgate and Jerome concur: ‘ perseverabit nomen ejus ,’ ‘his name shall endure.” Dathe takes this last mentioned view. He supposes, that instead of ינון, yinnon, we should read יכון, yikon, stabilietur, — permanebit ; “shall be established, — shall continue.” “The verb נון, nun, ” says he, “is not met with either in the Hebrew or in the cognate tongues, and is explained, — merely by conjecture, — augescere — sobolescere , — ‘to increase or multiply,’ because, as a noun in some of the dialects, it signifies a fish In the Septuagint the word is rendered διαμενεῖ; in the Vulgate and by Jerome, perseverabit ; in the Chaldee, praeparatum est ; in the Syriac, existet nomen ejus All these, without doubt, read יכון, yikon, ‘prepared, — established, — fixed,’ — the word which we find in the parallel passage, Psa 89:38. The letters כ, caph, and נ, nun, it is evident, may very easily be interchanged from their similarity in form.”
(146) “ (Car c’est un verbe en la langue Hebraique qui vient du nom de Fils,) c’est a dire, sera perpetue de pere en fils.” — Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(17) Shall be continued.Rather, have issue. Literally, send out new shoots.
As long as the sun.See Note on Psa. 72:5.
Shall be blessed in him.Or, bless themselves in him. The meaning is clear, though the Hebrew is rather vague. The monarch will himself be a source of blessing to his people, who will never tire of blessing him. The psalmists prayer finds a genuine echo in the noble dedication of In Memoriam:
May you rule us long,
And leave us rulers of your blood
As noble, till the latest day!
May children of our children say,
She wrought her people lasting good.
For the doxology closing the second book, and for the note apparently appended by the collector of this book, the prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended, see General Introduction.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
17. His name shall endure Shall live, as in Psa 72:15. The verb takes the form of prayer, “may he live,” etc.
His name shall be continued The verb here translated “continued,” has the sense of sprout, increase, growth, as if his name should be reproduced, or propagated, in successive generations, as the name of the father in the son. This is the idea given in the margin of our English Bibles. The Jewish rabbins took it as a proper name for Messiah,” His name is Yinnon before the sun,” Yinnon, ( he shall propagate,) being the rabbinical name for Messiah. See Perowne. But the idea is that of continuance. The verb occur’s nowhere else, but the noun always means progeny, offspring. Dr. Pusey renders it, “His name shall propagate, gaining, generation after generation, a flesh accession of offspring.”
And men shall be blessed in him Probably, in the sense of the covenant, (Gen 22:18; Gen 26:4,) that is, in Christ, as being the cause of blessing. But another form of blessing in or by any one is that of taking him as a model, or standard, by which to measure a wished-for blessing upon another, as Gen 48:20, “God make thee as Ephraim,” etc. The former is undoubtedly the sense here.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 72:17. His name shall be continued Let his name be perpetuated by a numerous posterity while the sun shall last. Chandler. When we hear David singing the triumphs of his son, to whom the everlasting kingdom was promised, in such strains as these, can we give any tolerable account of these things, but by supposing David to understand that the son promised to him, in whose time righteousness and truth were to be established, was the very seed of the woman who should bruise the serpent’s head. Of the same person David and the prophets foretel, that he should rule over all nations; that men should be blessed in him; that all nations should call him blessed; which is the distinguishing characteristic of the blessed Seed promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. See Bishop Sherlock on Prophesy, Dissert. 2.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
DISCOURSE: 621
THE PERPETUITY AND EXCELLENCY OF CHRISTS KINGDOM
Psa 72:17. His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
NONE of the Prophets, except Isaiah, have written so copiously and so plainly respecting Christ as David. His prophecies are very frequently referred to in the New Testament; and their accomplishment in Jesus is frequently asserted, incontestably proved, and copiously illustrated. The psalm before us was most probably the last that David penned. It was written at the close of his life, on occasion of Solomons coronation. The dying monarch hearing that his son Adonijah had usurped his throne, gave immediate orders that Solomon should be anointed with the holy oil, and placed upon the throne, and be proclaimed king throughout all his dominions; that by this means his oath to Bathsheba, respecting the succession of Solomon, might be fulfilled, and the nation be rescued from the calamities in which a disputed succession might involve it [Note: 1Ki 1:33-35.]. The psalm begins with a prayer for Solomon, and proceeds to foretell the peace, glory, extent, duration, and happiness of his government. But beyond, a doubt, a greater than Solomon is here: the Messiah himself is manifestly referred to; and the words of our text must be considered as describing his kingdom:
I.
Its perpetuity
[The names, not of the Jewish monarchs only, but also of many heroes of antiquity, have been handed down to us, and probably will be transmitted to the latest generations. But there are several points of view in which the remembrance of Jesus name differs widely from that of any other person whatever.
It is transmitted to us in a way of filiation.Other names come down to us by means of historic records: but that of our blessed Lord is continued, or propagated (as the word means) in the same way as the name of a father is continued in his children. Children were born to him by the preaching of his Gospel; and, after him, were called Christians: from that period, others have risen up, in constant succession, to perpetuate his name: nor shall the line ever be broken: instead of the fathers there shall be children, who shall make his name to be remembered in all generations [Note: Psa 45:16-17; Psa 145:4-6.].
It is heard with the same regard that it ever was.There was a time when the name of Csar or of Alexander made whole nations tremble: but who fears them now? What is their love or their hatred unto us? What is Solomon himself to us? We admire his character; but for his person we have no regard. But it is not thus with the sacred name of jesus. We tremble at it with a holy awe; we love it, as expressing all that is amiable and endearing. We dread his displeasure above all things, and covet his favour more than life itself. And as long as the sun shall continue its course, so long shall the name of Jesus be venerated and adored.
It endures in spite of all the endeavours that have been made to blot out the remembrance of it from under heaven.No sooner was the name of Jesus exalted by the preaching of the Apostles, than the rulers exerted all their power to suppress it: they beat and imprisoned the preachers, and menaced them with yet severer punishment, if they should presume to speak any more in his name [Note: Act 4:17-18; Act 5:28; Act 5:40.]. Thus also, in all subsequent ages, the potentates of the earth have taken counsel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us [Note: Psa 2:2.]. What name, like that of Jesus, is proscribed at this day? We may descant upon the virtues of ancient sages; and the more light we can throw upon their characters, the more acceptable we shall be in every company: but let us speak of Jesus, let us set forth his transcendent excellencies, and expatiate upon all the wonders of his love, and we shall excite in our hearers nothing but disgust. But has this confederacy prevailed to banish his name? No; rather, the more his people have been afflicted, the more they have grown and multiplied: and however earth and hell may combine their efforts to efface his memory, or diminish his influence, He who sitteth in the heavens shall laugh at them, and have them in derision [Note: Psa 2:4.].]
II.
Its excellency
[The administration of Solomon was attended with great benefit to his people: and such a king as he must be considered as a rich blessing to any nation. But there are many benefits which it is not in the power of any king to communicate. What can a creature do to mitigate our pains, or to rescue us from the dominion of unbridled lusts? It is otherwise with the Lord Jesus: he can impart to his subjects whatever blessings they need, for body or for soul, for time or for eternity. Do we desire the pardon of our sins? We may be justified freely through his blood [Note: Rom 5:9.]. Do we long for peace of conscience? He has left it to his subjects as a legacy [Note: Joh 14:27.], and gives them a peace which passeth all understanding [Note: Php 4:7.]. Do we stand in need of strength? Through him we shall be enabled to do all things [Note: Php 4:13.]. Do we extend our desires to all the glory of heaven? In him we may be saved with an everlasting salvation [Note: Isa 45:17.]. It is not ufficient to say that the subjects of Christs kingdom may be thus blessed; for they actually are so: there is not one in all his dominions who is not thus highly favoured. If we consult the prophets, they declare this uniformly; and represent them all as saying, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength [Note: Isa 45:24-25.]. If we consult the Apostles, they declare, that every blessing we enjoy is in him, even in him; yea, that in him we are blessed with all spiritual and eternal blessings [Note: Eph 1:3-13. where it is repeated at least eight times. Strange that any should overlook this truth.].]
III.
Its universality
[The greatest monarchs of this world hare had a very limited sway: and many who have been called their subjects have been so rather in name than in reality. But Christs dominion shall be strictly and literally universal: the kingdoms of the world shall become the kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ [Note: Rev 11:15.]. Already there are some of all nations who submit to his government. We may go to the most uncultivated parts of the earth, where human nature seems but little elevated above the beasts, and there we shall find some who acknowledge him as their sovereign Lord. But his dominion is certainly at present very limited. There is a time however coming, when all nations shall call him blessed. The rich and great shall take upon them his yoke: according as it is said, All kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him [Note: ver. 10, 11.]. The poor and mean also shall devote themselves to his service, according to that prediction, Holiness to the Lord shall be written upon the bells of the horses [Note: Zec 14:9; Zec 14:20-21]. Thus shall all know the Lord, from the least even to the greatest [Note: Jer 31:34.]. As at this present time all the subjects of his kingdom are blessing and adoring him as the one author of all their happiness, so, at a future period, shall every knee bow to him, and every tongue confess [Note: Rom 14:11.]; and the whole earth shall be filled with his glory [Note: ver. 19.]. But it is not till the day of judgment that the full accomplishment of this prophecy shall be seen. Then a multitude that no man can number, of all nations and kindreds, and people and tongues, shall stand before him, and cry with united voices, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain! Salvation to our God, and to the Lamb for ever [Note: Rev 5:11-12; Rev 7:9-10.]!]
We cannot more profitably improve this subject, than by inquiring,
1.
What blessings have we received from Christ?
[If we be indeed subjects of his kingdom, it cannot fail but that we must have received many blessings at his hands. Has he then blessed us with the pardon of our sins? Has he filled us with joy and peace in believing? Has he endued us with grace and strength to subdue our spiritual enemies? and transformed us into his own image in righteousness and true holiness? This is the criterion whereby we must judge of our interest in him: for he cannot be a Saviour to us, unless he save us from the dominion, as well as from the guilt, of all our sins.]
2.
What is the disposition of our minds towards him?
[Can we possibly be partakers of his benefits, and feel no disposition to bless his name? Surely a grateful sense of his goodness must characterise those who are so greatly indebted to him. To those who believe, he is, and must be, precious ]
Fuente: Charles Simeon’s Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)
The prophet cannot close the wonderful account of Jesus and his kingdom without once more (as if to draw an everlasting line of distinction between him and all earthly potentates) speaking of the eternity of both, and that in him, and him only, all nations shall be blessed. There is not a blessing out of Christ: so that to obtain happiness, it is indispensably necessary to win Christ, and to be found in him. So the apostle expressed his desire; and so every true believer finds it. Phi 3:9Phi 3:9 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Ver. 17. His name shall endure for ever ] i.e. His kingdom, for it shall not be nomen inane. Other kingdoms have their times and their turns, their rise and their ruin; not so Christ’s, and this is great comfort.
His name shall be continued
And men shall be blessed in him
All nations shall call him blessed
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
And men shall be blessed in him: All nations shall call him blessed = Yea, all nations shall be blessed in him shall call him happy. “Blessed” is not the same word as in the preceding line. Hebrew ‘ashar, cognate with ‘ashrey. See App-63.
in him. Thus confirming the promise to Abraham. See Gen 12:3; Gen 18:18; Gen 22:18; Gen 26:4; Gen 28:14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Psa 72:17
Psa 72:17
A PROPHECY OF BLESSINGS IN CHRIST
“His name shall endure forever;
His name shall be continued as long as the sun:
And men shall be blessed in him;
All nations shall call him happy.”
“His name shall endure forever … shall be continued as long as the sun” (Psa 72:17). We absolutely must see something more in promises like this than the mere fact of some man’s getting his named mentioned in the history books, whether sacred or secular history. If something like that is all that is meant here, then the names Korah, Cain and Judas Iscariot have received exactly the same thing, along with the name of Solomon.
No! What is meant here is that the mighty Name of this Great One who is spoken of here shall be a vital and active force in the world throughout the full term of earth’s existence, “as long as the sun.” This could have no reference at all to any king, much less Solomon.
“And men shall be blessed in him” (Psa 72:17). The only one who ever lived on earth “in whom” men can be blessed is Jesus Christ the Messiah. “All spiritual blessings in the heavenly places are in Christ (Eph 1:3).” That means, of course, that there are not any blessings “in Solomon.” By no system of accommodation known to this writer can such a statement as this be understood of anyone who ever lived except the Lord Jesus Christ.
“All nations shall call him happy” (Psa 72:17). This expression seems hardly appropriate as a reference to Christ; but the words all nations is just as inappropriate as a reference to Solomon; therefore, we shall allow it as a reference to Christ not fully understood by this writer.
This verse is the conclusion of the psalm. The next two verses constitute the doxology, and the final verse designates this psalm with Psalms 72 as the “prayers of David.”
E.M. Zerr:
Psa 72:17. The God who had given the king strength to go forth in service is the subject of the passages in general. His name was not to cease when the sun failed, but man’s life on earth will fail then. Hence the comparison to the endurance of the sun was made in view of the extent of man’s opportunity to extol the name of God, which will be as long as there are men on earth to extol it.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
His name: Psa 45:17, Psa 89:36, Isa 7:14, Mat 1:21, Mat 1:23, Luk 1:31-33, Phi 2:10
shall endure: Heb. shall be
his name: etc. Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father’s name forever, Eph 3:14, Col 1:3, 1Pe 1:3
men: Gen 12:3, Gen 22:18, Act 3:16, Gal 3:14, Eph 1:3
all nations: Jer 4:2, Luk 1:48, Rev 15:4
Reciprocal: Gen 14:20 – blessed Gen 18:18 – become Gen 26:4 – seed shall Gen 28:4 – the blessing Gen 28:14 – and in thee Gen 39:5 – for Joseph’s Exo 3:15 – this is my name for ever Lev 9:22 – his hand 2Sa 7:16 – General 1Ki 1:37 – and make 1Ki 1:48 – Blessed 1Ki 2:45 – blessed 1Ki 10:9 – Blessed 1Ch 4:10 – bless me 1Ch 17:14 – in mine 1Ch 17:27 – blessest 2Ch 2:11 – Because Psa 3:8 – thy blessing Psa 8:1 – how Psa 21:4 – length Psa 21:6 – made Psa 24:5 – receive Psa 45:2 – God Psa 67:7 – God Psa 68:19 – Blessed Psa 72:5 – as long Psa 89:4 – General Psa 96:2 – bless Psa 113:3 – General Psa 135:13 – Thy name Son 8:8 – what Son 8:12 – thou Isa 2:2 – and all Isa 49:12 – these shall Isa 49:22 – Behold Isa 53:10 – he shall prolong Isa 60:3 – the Gentiles Isa 65:16 – he who Isa 66:18 – that I Jer 31:35 – which giveth Jer 31:36 – those Eze 34:29 – of renown Dan 7:14 – that all Zep 2:11 – and men Zec 2:11 – many Zec 6:13 – bear Zec 8:13 – ye shall Zec 8:20 – there Zec 9:10 – he shall Zec 14:9 – the Lord Mal 3:12 – all Luk 1:42 – blessed is Luk 1:68 – Blessed Luk 2:20 – General Luk 13:19 – and it Luk 19:38 – Blessed Joh 3:30 – must increase Joh 10:16 – other Joh 12:13 – Hosanna Joh 12:34 – Christ Act 2:41 – added Act 3:26 – sent Act 15:17 – the residue Act 21:20 – they glorified Rom 3:29 – General Rom 11:25 – until Rom 15:12 – and he 2Co 1:20 – all Phi 2:9 – God 2Th 1:12 – and ye
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 72:17. His name shall endure for ever Namely, the honour and renown of his eminent wisdom, and justice, and goodness. This agrees but very obscurely and imperfectly to Solomon, who stained the glory of his reign by his prodigious luxury, and oppression, and apostacy from God, into which he fell in the latter part of his days. His name shall be continued Hebrew, , jinnon, shall be propagated, or transmitted, to his children; as long as the sun Hebrew, , liphnee shemesh, before the sun; meaning, either, 1st, Publicly, and in the face of the sun: or, 2d, Perpetually; as a constant and inseparable companion of the sun; as long as the sun itself shall continue. Men shall be blessed in him In him, as it was promised to Abraham, shall all the true children of Abraham be blessed with the blessings of grace and glory, and that by and through his merits and Spirit. Hebrew, , jithbarechu, shall bless themselves. All nations shall call him blessed They shall bless God for him, shall continually extol and magnify him, and think themselves happy in him. To the end of time and to eternity, his name shall be celebrated; every tongue shall confess it, and every knee shall bow before it. And the happiness shall also be universal, complete, and everlasting; men shall be blessed in him truly and for ever.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call {o} him blessed.
(o) They will pray to God for his continuance and know that God prospers them for his sake.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Such a king would enjoy lasting praise, not just the appreciation of the generation he served (cf. Gen 12:2-3; Rev 21:24).