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Psalms 72:17

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Psalms 72:17

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

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For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.

The counter-reading

How this passage is read within its own context.

The critical reading takes Psalm 72:17 as a single court poet's prayer for the king's enduring name and universal acclaim. On this reading neither John 12:13, which echoes Psalm 118:25-26, nor Revelation 5:8-12 cites Psalm 72, so the link rests on the shared theme of praise rather than any quotation. Critics argue that a general prayer for all nations to bless the king carries no specific predictive content that a later scene of acclaim could be said to fulfill, and that applying the one verse to several different scenes yields no fresh textual correspondence. The verse is treated as one aspiration expressed in worship rather than a discrete prediction.

The fulfillment reading

How this passage is read as pointing to the Messiah.

The fulfillment reading applies Psalm 72:17's prayer that all nations call the king blessed to the acclaim Jesus receives, both in the crowd's praise at the entry into Jerusalem (John 12:13) and in the eschatological worship of heaven (Revelation 5:8-12). Proponents argue that a single verse can resonate across multiple dimensions of Christ's identity and work, and that diverse NT authors independently evoking universal praise displays the breadth of the psalm's scope. They read the psalm's vision of universal acclaim as finding expression across history, salvation, and eschatology.

How the New Testament uses this passage

Each entry names how the New Testament author draws on the passage — a direct quotation, an allusion, an echo, or a typological reading. An echo or an allusion is not the same as a prediction; the label says which is which.

  • John 12:13 Echo

    Neither John 12:13 (which quotes Psalm 118:25-26) nor Revelation 5:8-12 cites Psalm 72:17; at most they share its theme of universal acclaim, a faint thematic echo rather than a citation.

  • Rev. 5:8-12 Echo

    Neither John 12:13 (which quotes Psalm 118:25-26) nor Revelation 5:8-12 cites Psalm 72:17; at most they share its theme of universal acclaim, a faint thematic echo rather than a citation.