John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 72:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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They shall fear thee, etc.] The King Messiah, the Judge of the poor, and the destroyer of the oppressor: either the tyrants and oppressors themselves shall fear him, and such who have been aiding and assisting to them; (see <661111>Revelation 11:11,13); or rather the people of God, the poor of the people, and children of the needy, judged and saved by Christ; who shall fear the Lord, both internally and externally, in the exercise of grace, and in the performance of religious worship; in all the parts of it, which are both included in the fear of the Lord; of which there will be many instances, both among Jews and Gentiles, in the latter day; (see <280305>Hosea 3:5 <236005>Isaiah 60:5 <661504>Revelation 15:4); and this they shall do, as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations; or, “with the sun, and before the moon, generation of generations” f980; that is, to the end of the world, until sun and moon shall be no more: so long will Christ have a seed to serve him:; (see <198936>Psalm 89:36,37).

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