This prayer for the king sounds familiar, doesn’t it? We still pray
exactly the same for our leaders. Thousands of years after it was written, the
need for them to be endowed with righteousness and justice is as immediate as
ever. For me, this makes Psalm 72 a struggle to read. The needy, the afflicted,
the weak remain in just as much need of deliverance now as then, and where are
the “marvellous deeds” of our God?
Psalm 72 was written either by Solomon himself, or by David – towards
the end of his life – for his son. So it seems to me a call not only
“outwards” to our leaders, or “upwards” to our God, the true king of
righteousness and justice, but also “inwards” towards ourselves. We are
God’s people, and his marvellous deeds are revealed through ours. Our heart’s
despair that this prayer still needs praying, is in his also.
May WE deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no-one to
help.
And may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and Amen.
Wij bidden nu zoals duizenden jaren geleden voor
gerechtigheid, rechtvaardigheid en genade. Niet alleen onze leiders maar ook
wij werken mee aan de wonderbaarlijke verlossing van God.
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