Psalms 72:20

20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.

Psalms 72:20 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
English Standard Version (ESV)
20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.
New Living Translation (NLT)
20 (This ends the prayers of David son of Jesse.)
The Message Bible (MSG)
20 Yes and Yes and Yes.
American Standard Version (ASV)
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
20 The prayers by David, son of Jesse, end here.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are concluded. BOOK III (Psalms 73-89)
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, end here.

Psalms 72:20 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 72:20

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
] The Septuagint version renders it, the hymns. This psalm is thought by some to be the last that was written by David, though put in this place; and it is certain that the psalms are not always placed in the order of time in which they were written: this being, as is supposed, made by him in his old age, when Solomon his son was appointed and set upon his throne by his order; on account of which he composed it, with a view to the Messiah, the antitype of Solomon. Or, as others, this is the last of the psalms, which were put together and digested in order by David himself; the rest that follow being collected by Hezekiah or the Levites. Aben Ezra mentions it as the sense of some of their interpreters,

``then shall be fulfilled the prayers of the son of Jesse;''

that is, as R. Joseph Kimchi explains it, when those consolations are completed, then the prayers of David the son of Jesse shall be fulfilled. The sense is, when all the things spoken of in this psalm, concerning the Messiah and his kingdom, should be accomplished, then the prayers of David, and so of every good man, his hearty wishes and desires, will then be answered, and have their full effect, and not till then. This verse seems to be written not by David, for the psalm itself ends with "Amen and Amen"; but by some collector of the Psalms: it is not in the Arabic version, in the room of which is "Hallelujah"; and in the Syriac version it is, "the end of the second book". The first book of Psalms ends with the forty first Psalm. The whole is divided into five parts by the Jews; observed by Origen F24 and Hilarius F25, and others.


FOOTNOTES:

F24 Apud Montfaucon. Praelim. ad Hexapla Origen. p. 78, 79.
F25 Prolog. in Psalm. p. 33.

Psalms 72:20 In-Context

18 Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.

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