Psalm 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually… We may view the text in a threefold aspect. 1. As a prophecy of the endless life to which our Saviour would be raised. "He shall live." As "the high priest of our profession," He was to die. This was the grand purpose of His mission; for it was by dying that He was to "finish the work given Him to do." But having died, and thereby "put away sin," and "abolished death," He would live again, Himself the most satisfying evidence, and the most glorious example, of "the life and immortality He has brought to light by the Gospel." 2. As a prophecy of the blessedness to which our Saviour would be exalted. "He shall live." To live in the more common acceptation of it in Scripture, is to enjoy existence, to partake of true felicity, to be blessed. "Your heart shall live for ever" (Psalm 22:26); that is, shall be eternally happy. So, "your heart shall live that seek God" (Psalm 69:32); and, "we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 3:8). In this sense the text is to be understood. Messiah "shall live": as He would be raised from the dead to die no more, so He would be exalted to boundless and endless blessedness. 3. As a prophecy of the prosperity and the perpetuity of our Saviour's reign. "He shall live;" and in what character? As Zion's King. He would not only be raised to an endless life, and exalted to the highest blessedness; but as the King of the Church, His reign would be prosperous and perpetual. The same idea is expressed in parallel prophecies (Isaiah 9:6, 7; Jeremiah 23:5, 6). (D. Young, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. |
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