{"id":4970,"date":"2015-07-29T20:52:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T20:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2018-09-24T00:15:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:15:31","slug":"tehillim-psalms-72-part-2-the-hand-of-god-that-sustains-us-and-the-king-mashiach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-72-part-2-the-hand-of-god-that-sustains-us-and-the-king-mashiach\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 72, Part 2, The Hand of God that Sustains us and the King Mashiach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_idContainer000\" class=\"Basic-Text-Frame\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In this week\u2019s study from <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:1-20, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05e6\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05e7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05df-\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">A Psalm of Solomon. 72:1 Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king\u2019s son. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Is David asking the Lord to judge him and to forgive his son? He continues saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8: \u05d2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05d8 | \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e7:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:2 May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice. 72:3 Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. 72:4 May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What does David mean by <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clet the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills in righteousness?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David asks the Lord to help the people fear him as long as the sun and moon exist (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), to send His blessing upon them in rain (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and that righteousness would flourish until the moon is no more (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). It appears that David is asking the Lord to cause His blessing to fall upon his son Solomon saying, may he rule from sea to sea (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), that the nomads would bow before him (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), that the kings of the earth would bring him gifts (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:10-11<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and states that his son will <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:12 \u201c&#8230; will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.\u201d (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David says, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d7\u05b9\u05e1 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b5\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05e1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b5\u05d9\u05e7\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:13 He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will save. 72:14 He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight; (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> As a result of these things, David seems to suggest that these deeds will cause his son to obtain the gold of Sheba (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:15<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), the grain and abundance of the earth (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and that his name would endure forever as long as the sun shines (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Is David saying that by the good deeds (good works) his son performs, the Lord will bless him? How are we to understand this based upon the covenant relationship that Israel had wit hthe Lord God in heaven? How are we to understand these words based upon the covenant that we have in Yeshua the Messiah? He concludes his psalm saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d9\u05d7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05e2\u05b9\u05e9\u05b5\u05b9\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9: \u05d9\u05d8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b5\u05df | \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b5\u05df: \u05db \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d9:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 72:18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders. 72:19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> According to the last verse in the Psalm, this is the last of the prayers of David the son of Jesse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\" lang=\"en-US\"> \u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea Hebrew<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\" lang=\"en-US\">\u05d0\u05e8\u05de\u05d9 Aramaic \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 Greek<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table001\" class=\"Basic-Table TableOverride-1\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-1\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-2\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-4\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-1\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text 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\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05d8 | \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e7:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-2\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-6\">\u05e1\u05dd\u05e8 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e2\u05d1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-8\">\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d3\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d1\u05d5\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05da \u05dc\u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d0 \u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d1 \u05d5\u05e6\u05d3\u05e7\u05ea\u05da \u05dc\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d1 \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05de\u05da \u05d1\u05e6\u05d3\u05e7\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05da \u05d1\u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05ea \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d2 \u05d9\u05d8\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05ea\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d2\u05dc\u05de\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d6\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d3 \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9 \u05e2\u05de\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05e7 \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05db\u05d0 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d9\u05db\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05e3 \u05d2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d8\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d0\u05c3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-3\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-9\" lang=\"en-US\">\u03a8\u0391\u039b\u039c\u039f\u0399<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\"> 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\">72:1 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03a3\u03b1\u03bb\u03c9\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f79\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03b4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c5\u1f31\u1ff7 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u1f73\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u1f79\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd\u1fc3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c4\u03c9\u03c7\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c2 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 72:2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f73\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f44\u03c1\u03b7 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bb\u03b1\u1ff7 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd\u1fc3 72:3 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c4\u03c9\u03c7\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 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\u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5: \u05d9\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b9\u05d9\u05df [\u05d9\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df] \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d9\u05d7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 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\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f08\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u1f7b\u03be\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2 \u1f45\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f21\u03bc\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd 72:15 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b3\u1fc7 \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbd \u1f04\u03ba\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f40\u03c1\u1f73\u03c9\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u039b\u1f77\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f41 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f61\u03c3\u03b5\u1f76 \u03c7\u1f79\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 72:16 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f21\u03bb\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b7\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f31 \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03b7 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd 72:17 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b7\u03bb \u1f41 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b8\u03b1\u03c5\u03bc\u1f71\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 72:18 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f21 \u03b3\u1fc6 \u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf \u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf 72:19 \u1f10\u03be\u1f73\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f55\u03bc\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u0394\u03b1\u03c5\u03b9\u03b4 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1fe6 \u0399\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"table002\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-1\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-2\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-6\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-4\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">A Psalm of Solomon. 72:1 Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king\u2019s son. 72:2 May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice. 72:3 Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. 72:4 May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor. 72:5 Let them fear You while the sun endures, And as long as the moon, throughout all generations. 72:6 May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth. 72:7 In his days may the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace till the moon is no more. 72:8 May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth. 72:9 Let the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust. 72:10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. 72:11 And let all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him. 72:12 For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-5\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">T<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">oviyah \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">71:1 Composed by Solomon, uttered in prophecy. O God, give your just rulings to the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker001\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">King Messiah, and your righteousness to the son of King David. 72:2 Let him judge your people in righteousness, and your poor with just rulings. 72:3 The inhabitants of the mountains will lift up peace for the house of Israel, and the hills in purity. 72:4 He will judge the poor of the people, he will redeem the sons of the lowly, and he will purge away the oppressor. 72:5 They will fear you at the rising of the sun, and they will pray in your presence before the light of the moon for all generations. 72:6 He will descend like the favorable rain on the grass that is cut because of locusts, like the drops of late rain that drip on the grass of the earth. 72:7 The righteous will increase in his days, and peace abound, until those who worship the moon are destroyed. 72:8 And he will rule from the bank of the Great Sea to the bank of the Great Sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. 72:9 The governors will bow down before him, and his enemies will lick the dust. 72:10 The kings of Tarsus and the islands of the ocean sea will bring back tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts. 72:11 And all kings will do homage to him; all the Gentiles will submit to him. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-6\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">Psalmoi \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">72:1 O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king\u2019s son; 72:2 that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 72:3 Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people: 72:4 he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser. 72:5 And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever. 72:6 He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth. 72:7 In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed. 72:8 And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 72:9 The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 72:10 The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts. 72:11 And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him. 72:12 For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper. (LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"table003\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-1\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-2\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-7\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-4\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">72:13 He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will save. 72:14 He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight; 72:15 So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And let them pray for him continually; Let them bless him all day long. 72:16 May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth. 72:17 May his name endure forever; May his name increase as long as the sun shines; And let men bless themselves by him; Let all nations call him blessed. 72:18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders. 72:19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-5\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">T<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">oviyah \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">72:12 For he will deliver the lowly who seeks favor, and the poor who have no helper. 72:13 He will pity the indigent and lowly, and he will redeem the souls of the lowly. 72:14 From duress and from extortion he will redeem their souls, and their blood will be precious in his presence. 72:15 And he will live and give to him some of the gold that they brought to him from Sheba, and he will pray for him always; every day he will bless him. 72:16 Let there be the support of bread in the land on the top of the mountains; its fruit will quiver like Lebanon, and they will blossom from the city of Jerusalem like the grass of the earth. 72:17 May his name be invoked for ever; and before the sun came to be his name was determined; so all the peoples will be blessed by his merit, and they shall speak well of him. 72:18 Blessed is the Lord God, God of Israel, who works great wonders by himself. 72:19. And blessed is his glorious name forever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glorious splendor. Amen and amen. 72:20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are complete. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-6\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">Psalmoi \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy. 72:14 He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name shall be precious before him. 72:15 And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and men shall pray for him continually; and all the day shall they praise him. 72:16 There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth. 72:17 Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 72:18 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders. 72:19 And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it. 72:20 The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In this week\u2019s study from <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:1-20, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05e6\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05e7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05df-\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">A Psalm of Solomon. 72:1 Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king\u2019s son. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The MT states, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (to\/for Solomon), does this suggest that David wrote this psalm for his son Solomon? The title to the English translation states that this is a psalm \u201cof\u201d Solomon. In the Pseudepigraphic literature we find eighteen psalms of Solomon which were not included in the Septuagint. Since they were not included in the Septuagint, they were also not included in the Apocrypha. Currently these extra psalms of Solomon are found only in the Greek, no Hebrew originals have been discovered. However, there are some copies of the Septuagint and the Peshitta that do contain these 18 psalms. The 17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-12\">th<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Pseudepigraphic psalm found within the collection of the 18 psalms is similar to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 72<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> in which the titled of this psalm is attributed to Solomon. Why the English translators say this is a psalm of Solomon is not well known. The reason this is important is because of the last verse in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> which states, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d9:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> It is very important that we examine everything with a critical eye, because it is in the details that we are able to more fully understand God\u2019s Word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David says in his psalm asking the Lord to give His Judgments to the king, and His righteousness to his son. Does this phrase suggest David is asking the Lord to judge him and to forgive his son? The idea of the Lord placing His righteousness upon His people is not a foreign concept. In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 68, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">and in Midrash Tehillim 68, Part 5, we read in the Aramaic Targum, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">68:8 The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 68:9 You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the Aramaic Targum states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">68:9 The earth shook, also the heavens dropped dew in the presence of the Lord; as for this Sinai, its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace before the Lord, God of Israel, was manifested upon it. 68:10 When the house of Israel heard the voice of your power, their souls flew away; at once he made to descend upon them the dew of resurrection; O God, you brought the favorable rain to your inheritance, and you supported the assembly which was exhausted. (EMC)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis expand upon <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 68:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> in the Targum and the midrash to say that when Israel had heard the power of His voice, their souls fled, and the Lord descended upon the people in the dew of the resurrection. This appears to be an allusion to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 33:20 But He said, \u201cYou cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!\u201d<br \/>\n(NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This is a powerful conclusion of the rabbis, when Israel heard God\u2019s voice speaking from the cloud over the mountain of Sinai, the rabbis are saying that their souls fled, they died, and the Lord descended upon them in the dew of the resurrection. In the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 68 and 69 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">studies, we discuss the necessity of the Lord God in heaven placing His righteousness upon His people for the purpose of His being able to dwell in their midst. The Aramaic Targum suggests the Lord raised Israel back to life when they stood before the mountain. It is by the Spirit of the Lord that imparts life, as we see here in the Targum in the concept of the Lord descending upon the people, in the dew of the resurrection, to raise them up from the dead. In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, David very well may be asking the Lord to bring His judgments upon him, and to send His righteousness upon his son in his mercy (grace). The reason being, we know that for the children of God, the Lord brings judgment coupled with His mercies, whereas for the wicked, there is no mercy, there is only judgment. David knows the Lord is merciful, long suffering, and forgiving to the thousandth generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> It is interesting that the Aramaic Targum translates the opening verses to the Psalm saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d3\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d1\u05d5\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05da \u05dc\u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d0 \u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d1 \u05d5\u05e6\u05d3\u05e7\u05ea\u05da \u05dc\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d1 \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05de\u05da \u05d1\u05e6\u05d3\u05e7\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05da \u05d1\u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05ea \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d0\u05c3<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">71:1 Composed by Solomon, uttered in prophecy. O God, give your just rulings to the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker002\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">King Messiah, and your righteousness to the son of King David. 72:2 Let him judge your people in righteousness, and your poor with just rulings. (EMC)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis open up stating this psalm is written in prophecy, or that it is prophetic in nature. The Aramaic Targum has the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201c<\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker003\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">King Messiah\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> bringing judgment and the righteousness of God, where David is asking the Lord to give His righteousness to the son of King David for the purpose of helping Solomon to live righteously. David is considered both the King, the Lord\u2019s savior for Israel, and the messiah, the anointed one of God. What we can understand from the Aramaic translation is the concept of the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker004\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah bringing with him the judgments and righteousness of God. This is consistent with the Apostolic Writings rendition of Yeshua the Messiah. (e.g. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 13:41, 16:27, 25:31, 2 Thessalonians 1:7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David continues in His psalm saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8: \u05d2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05d8 | \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e7:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:2 May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice. 72:3 Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. 72:4 May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> He moves on from asking the Lord to forgive his son, to the people, to judge His people with righteousness. Note how the MT is written saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> using the word <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05df<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> to describe the legal ruling, and that the legal ruling is coupled to God\u2019s righteousness (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05b0\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). In addition to this, David says, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> meaning <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd Your afflicted, in justice,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> which reminds us of Parashat Shoftim (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) where Moshe writes on the establishment of offices of administration, judges, and officers and the necessity for justice saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d7 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05e4\u05b0\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d8\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e4\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8-\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7: \u05d9\u05d8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05ea\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05ea\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b2\u05db\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05e1\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05e3 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05dd: \u05db \u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7 \u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05e3 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d7\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">16:18 \u2018You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 16:19 \u2018You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. 16:20 \u2018Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Hebrew text according to the Torah is written saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cto judge with justice is to judge righteously\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8-\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Here again the word for <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cjudgment, justice, or ordinance\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">is coupled with the word righteous (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). David very well may be thinking upon this Torah portion when writing his psalm, that in righteousness the Lord will cause the legal ruling of guilt to be tempered by His mercy, and to have justice for the afflicted, which from a Torah perspective, again draws in the righteousness, mercy, and grace of God. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, David speaks of the mountains bringing peace, etc. What does David mean by <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clet the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills in righteousness?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> How do the mountains and hills bring peace to the people? Studying the Torah, we read from the Torah portion Chol HaMo\u2019ed Sukkot the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:4-26<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">33:4 \u2018Moses charged us with a law, A possession for the assembly of Jacob. 33:5 \u2018And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together. 33:6 \u2018May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few.\u2019 33:7 And this regarding Judah; so he said, \u2018Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people. With his hands he contended for them, And may You be a help against his adversaries.\u2019 33:8 Of Levi he said, \u2018Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said of his father and his mother, \u2018I did not consider them\u2019; And he did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For they observed Your word, And kept Your covenant. 33:10 \u2018They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, And Your law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, And whole burnt offerings on Your altar. 33:11 \u2018O Lord, bless his substance, And accept the work of his hands; Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him, And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again. 33:12 Of Benjamin he said, \u2018May the beloved of the Lord dwell in security by Him, Who shields him all the day, And he dwells between His shoulders.\u2019 33:13 Of Joseph he said, \u2018Blessed of the Lord be his land, With the choice things of heaven, with the dew, And from the deep lying beneath, 33:14 And with the choice yield of the sun, And with the choice produce of the months. 33:15 \u2018And with the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the choice things of the everlasting hills, 33:16 And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness, And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let it come to the head of Joseph, And to the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers. 33:17 \u2018As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his, And his horns are the horns of the wild ox; With them he will push the peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth. And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And those are the thousands of Manasseh.\u2019 33:18 Of Zebulun he said, \u2018Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going forth, And, Issachar, in your tents. 33:19 \u2018They will call peoples to the mountain; There they will offer righteous sacrifices; For they will draw out the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.\u2019 33:20 Of Gad he said, \u2018Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad; He lies down as a lion, And tears the arm, also the crown of the head. 33:21 \u2018Then he provided the first part for himself, For there the ruler\u2019s portion was reserved; And he came with the leaders of the people; He executed the justice of the Lord, And His ordinances with Israel.\u2019 33:22 Of Dan he said, \u2018Dan is a lion\u2019s whelp, That leaps forth from Bashan.\u2019 33:23 Of Naphtali he said, \u2018O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full of the blessing of the Lord, Take possession of the sea and the south.\u2019 33:24 Of Asher he said, \u2018More blessed than sons is Asher; May he be favored by his brothers, And may he dip his foot in oil. 33:25 \u2018Your locks will be iron and bronze, And according to your days, so will your leisurely walk be. 33:26 \u2018There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to your help, And through the skies in His majesty. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Notice the way the Scriptures are written in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:15<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, which speaks of the best choice things of the ancient mountains and hills. The Scripture then continues speaking of the choice things of the earth (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">33:16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), of the cattle that dwell upon the mountains and in the valleys (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">33:17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and how the people go to the mountains to offer righteous sacrifices (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">33:19<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Within the context of these things, the mountains offer a place of security for the people found within the covenant relationship with the Lord. The mountains invoke a blessing upon the people in the way the Lord blesses the flocks (cattle), provides a place of protection and safety from one\u2019s enemies, and all of these things coupled together bring peace in the knowledge that God is in control. Mountains also provide protection in the sense that they are difficult to cross for imposing military and armies who might come to attack. Note also that this place, the Promised Land, is a region that requires the blessing of the Lord to bring rains in their seasons, and to cause the Land to produce what is needed to sustain the people. This portion of the Torah may have been what David was thinking of when he wrote asking the Lord to help the people fear him as long as the sun and moon exist (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), to send His blessing upon them in rain (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and that righteousness would flourish until the moon is no more (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). It appears that David is asking the Lord to cause His blessing to fall from heaven upon his son Solomon saying, may he rule from sea to sea (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), that the nomads would bow before him (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), that the kings of the earth would bring him gifts (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:10-11<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The blessings of the Lord falling upon God\u2019s people would come by the way of placing the fear of God in one\u2019s heart and the nations coming to bless Israel was well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Notice how the Aramaic Targum translates these words:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\" lang=\"en-US\">Toviyah \/ Psalms 72:3-11<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\" lang=\"en-US\">72:3 The inhabitants of the mountains will lift up peace for the house of Israel, and the hills in purity. 72:4 He will judge the poor of the people, he will redeem the sons of the lowly, and he will purge away the oppressor. 72:5 They will fear you at the rising of the sun, and they will pray in your presence before the light of the moon for all generations. 72:6 He will descend like the favorable rain on the grass that is cut because of locusts, like the drops of late rain that drip on the grass of the earth. 72:7 The righteous will increase in his days, and peace abound, until those who worship the moon are destroyed. 72:8 And he will rule from the bank of the Great Sea to the bank of the Great Sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. 72:9 The governors will bow down before him, and his enemies will lick the dust. 72:10 The kings of Tarsus and the islands of the ocean sea will bring back tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts. 72:11 And all kings will do homage to him; all the Gentiles will submit to him. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-5\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d2 \u05d9\u05d8\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05ea\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d2\u05dc\u05de\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d6\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d3 \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9 \u05e2\u05de\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05e7 \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05db\u05d0 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d9\u05db\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05e3 \u05d2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d8\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d4 \u05d9\u05d3\u05d7\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05da \u05e2\u05dd \u05de\u05d9\u05e1\u05e7 \u05e9\u05de\u05e9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05da \u05e7\u05d3\u05dd \u05de\u05e0\u05d4\u05e8 \u05e1\u05d9\u05d4\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d3\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d5 \u05d9\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05de\u05d8\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e2\u05e1\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d2\u05d6\u05d9\u05d6 \u05de\u05df \u05d2\u05d5\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05e8\u05e1\u05d9\u05e1\u05d9 \u05de\u05dc\u05e7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e0\u05d8\u05e4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05dc \u05e2\u05e1\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d6 \u05d9\u05e1\u05d2\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e1\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2\u05d9 \u05d5\u05e1\u05d5\u05d2\u05e2\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d3\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05ea\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05e4\u05dc\u05d7\u05d9 \u05e1\u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d7 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05d8 \u05de\u05df \u05e1\u05d8\u05e8 \u05d9\u05de\u05d0 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e1\u05d8\u05e8 \u05d9\u05de\u05d0 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05d5\u05e7\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05e1 \u05d5\u05de\u05df \u05e4\u05e8\u05ea \u05e2\u05d3 \u05e1\u05d9\u05d9\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d8 \u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d2\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05d9\u05e4\u05e8\u05db\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d1\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d1\u05d1\u05d5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05e4\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05dc\u05d7\u05db\u05d5\u05df\u05c3 \u05d9 \u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05e1\u05d5\u05e1 \u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05e1\u05d9 \u05d9\u05de\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05d5\u05e7\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05e1 \u05ea\u05e7\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e9\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e1\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05d5\u05df\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e1\u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc \u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d9\u05d0 \u05db\u05dc \u05e2\u05de\u05de\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e9\u05ea\u05e2\u05d1\u05d3\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05c3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The rabbis say David is speaking of the inhabitants of the mountains being lifted up in peace for the house of David. Who are the inhabitants of the mountains? Is this a reference to Edom? (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 36:8 So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom. NASB<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) David may be asking for peace from his enemies. This interpretation is based upon the words in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> which have David asking for the Lord to judge the poor and to redeem the sons of the lowly for the purpose of purging away the oppressor (the enemy). The way the Aramaic Targum describes the psalm, the people fearing the Lord and praying in His presence for all generations (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), the Lord descending like rain on the grass (<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">note rain brings in the Torah context of the covenant blessings<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and the locust being the enemy, and how righteousness and peace will increase, until the ones who worship the moon are destroyed. Note the connections being made to the nomadic peoples who worship the moon. Another example may be taken from <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker005\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Easter which became the Christianized time for the celebration of Christ\u2019s death and resurrection. Historically, early missionaries hoped to convert the pagan celebrants to Christianity. They chose to spread their message of faith throughout the populations by taking many of the traditions of the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Yeshua, which occurred at roughly the same time of year in the celebration of Passover, and folding it into the pagan feast of Eostre. The timing of <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker006\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Easter Sunday illustrates its roots, being based upon the cycle of the Sun and the Moon and by its falling upon the first Sunday after the first full moon following March 21. Thus, <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker007\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Easter may fall on any date between March 22 to April 25. Note David\u2019s words asking the Lord to destroy those who worship the sun and the moon. How important do you think it is to remove the ways of the nations from out worship of the Lord God in heaven and Yeshua the Messiah?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David continues saying his son, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df-\u05e2\u05b9\u05d6\u05b5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:12 \u201c&#8230; will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.\u201d (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note how David is describing his son, the one who helps when one cries out for help, and the afflicted also, and to the one who has no helper. This appears to be a description of the ideal king, the one who listens, hears the plea of the people and is devoted to both the people and to God. In Judaism, the name or title of the ideal king is the one who comes in the time of the Messianic age known as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMashiach\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">in the Babylonian Talmud and in the midrash literature<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). In the Tanach, the earliest use of the word Mashiach is with YHVH (or with a pronominal suffix referring to the Lord God in heaven). Its usage in the Tanach is as a title of the ruling sovereign Messiah YHVH (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cGod\u2019s anointed one\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) according to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Samuel 2:10, 2:35, 12:3-5, 16:6, 26:9-23, 2 Samuel 1:14-16, 19:21, 2 Chronicles 6:42, Tehillim \/ Psalms 18:51, 20:7, 132:17, and Lamentations 4:20<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. In post-exilic times, the high priest, filled the place formerly occupied by the king, and is spoken of as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cha-Kohen ha-Mashiac\u1e25\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">(<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">the anointed priest, see Vayikra \/ Leviticus 4:3, 4:5, 4:16, and 6:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Also in Daniel 9:25-26, it is written as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMashiach Nagid\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (an anointed one, a ruler) and\/or simply <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMashiach\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (an anointed one). In the rabbinic apocalyptic literature the conception of an earthly Messiah is the prevailing one. We find many references to the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker008\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah in the Aramaic Targum and in the Midrashim. The significance of the Messiah in Judaism is found in Judaism\u2019s central prayer, the Amidah which is often designated simply as tefila (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cprayer\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) in Rabbinic literature. Tefila is also known as the Amidah (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05de\u05d9\u05d3\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tefilat HaAmidah, \u201cThe Standing Prayer\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and also called the Shmoneh Esreh (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05de\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e2\u05e9\u05e8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Eighteen,\u201d in reference to the original number of constituent blessings, the number of which is now nineteen<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). We read the following in the fifteenth benediction on the coming of the Messiah. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-1\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-13\">The Fifteenth Benediction: Coming of the Messiah<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The offspring of Thy servant David,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Quickly cause to flourish,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">And lift up his power by Thy deliverance;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">For Thy deliverance do we constantly hope<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">And look forward to deliverance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Blessed art Thou, Lord, who makes the glory of deliverance to flourish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The truth of the matter is, according to the Amidah, all Orthodox Jews believe that God will send the Messiah to redeem Israel, and <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker009\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">seek the Lord God in prayer three times a day for the coming of the Messiah. So important is the Messiah to Judaism that the great sage <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker010\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Maimonides numbered it among the Thirteen Principles of Faith (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/332555\/jewish\/<\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker011\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Maimonides-13-Principles-of-Faith.htm<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). In the second benediction, we interestingly find the word <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cdeliverance\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> written as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cYeshua\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05e2\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), which provides an interesting insight into the angel\u2019s injunction to Miryam and Joseph saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cYou shall call his name Yeshua, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mat. 1:21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">): Every day, three times a day, pious Jewish men like Joseph gathered in the synagogues and prayed for the Holy One to send Yeshuah, Salvation. In the fifteenth benediction, the line that states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd look forward to deliverance,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is said with the fulfillment of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe Talmudic teaching that a Jew must look forward to redemption every day\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (see the Artscroll Siddur) and the subsequent commentary that states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHere we are taught that the ultimate salvation of the Jewish people is possible only through the Davidic Messiah.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> With these things in mind, it is questionable why modern Jewish commentators write that the main focus of Judaism is not concerning the Messiah, as we read in the Torah portion from Aish.com titled, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBalak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) Do We Want Mashiach Now?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">http:\/\/www.aish.com\/tp\/i\/m\/48923592.html<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Aish.com Torah Commentary &#8212; Balak<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The commentators are in unanimous agreement with Maimonedes regarding the meaning of this prophecy; they all interpret this passage as a reference to the Mashiach. But the fact that his coming was the subject of a prophesy (referring to Bamidbar \/ Numbers 24:17-24) doesn\u2019t automatically elevate the belief in the coming of Mashiach into a basic axiom of Jewish faith. Why does Maimonedes consider this belief so fundamental to Judaism?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The point is that Maimonides found a belief in the Messiah as fundamental to Judaism, but modern commentators do not hold the conclusion that belief in the Messiah is a basic axiom of the Jewish faith. The Apostolic Writings appears to be consistent with the earlier Jewish commentators (Maimonedes) placing an emphasis upon the human origin of the Messiah, being a descendant from David, where the Messiah has both a present day ability to save His people (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Galatians 1:4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and a future expectation of the world to come. The point of the Aish.com Torah commentary was that Judaism\u2019s view on the Messiah was not for the Olam Habah, but as we have studied thus far in the psalms, we have seen the role the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker012\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah has in leading His people to the Lord God in heaven. In the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker013\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah\u2019s role of leading the people to our Father in heaven, there is a natural conclusion that the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker014\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah has a hand in the future expectation of the world to come. David\u2019s psalm has this mode of thought, that his son, as the anointed one of God, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:12 \u201c&#8230; will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.\u201d (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David continues in his psalm saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d7\u05b9\u05e1 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b5\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05e1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b5\u05d9\u05e7\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:13 He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will save. 72:14 He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight; (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The concept of the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cideal king\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> that David is making regarding his son shows us that the king (the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker015\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah) has a heart felt motivation having compassion for the poor and needy. He is not simply feeling sorry for the poor and the needy, he has compassion for them because he has love for their lives and their well being. These are prototypical statements of the Mashiach as we read in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, that he will rescue (redeem, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) them from oppression and violence and their blood is precious in his sight. Similar to what we read of Yeshua the Messiah in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 10:38 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Acts 10:38<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cYou know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">In addition to this, we are told in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 26:1-46 You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God. You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely. (ESV)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This suggests also that obedience to the command will cause the Lord\u2019s blessing to fall upon the land, whereas the disobedience to the commands (living in sin) will result in oppression, the enemy coming, and even the one who sins will flee when there is nobody chasing him. (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Parshiot Behar and Bechukotai<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David continues saying the following in his psalm:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Masoretic Text<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:15-17<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\" lang=\"en-US\">72:15 So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And let them pray for him continually; Let them bless him all day long. 72:16 May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth. 72:17 May his name endure forever; May his name increase as long as the sun shines; And let men bless themselves by him; Let all nations call him blessed. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-5\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d8\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05ea\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b2\u05db\u05b6\u05e0\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d8\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e4\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5: \u05d9\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b9\u05d9\u05df [\u05d9\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df] \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Aramaic Targum<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\" lang=\"en-US\">Toviyah \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\" lang=\"en-US\">72:15 And he will live and give to him some of the gold that they brought to him from Sheba, and he will pray for him always; every day he will bless him. 72:16 Let there be the support of bread in the land on the top of the mountains; its fruit will quiver like Lebanon, and they will blossom from the city of Jerusalem like the grass of the earth. 72:17 May his name be invoked for ever; and before the sun came to be his name was determined; so all the peoples will be blessed by his merit, and they shall speak well of him. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-5\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-11\">\u05d8\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05d7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1 \u05de\u05d3\u05d4\u05d1 \u05d3\u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e9\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e6\u05dc\u05d9 \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4 \u05ea\u05d3\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0 \u05db\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05de\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05c3 \u05d8\u05d6 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05e2\u05d9\u05d3 \u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e8\u05d2\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05db\u05dc\u05d9\u05d1\u05e0\u05df \u05d0\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e0\u05e6\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05df \u05e7\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05e2\u05e1\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d6 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d3\u05db\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05dd \u05d5\u05e7\u05d3\u05dd \u05de\u05d4\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05e9\u05d0 \u05de\u05d6\u05d5\u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05d6\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc \u05e2\u05de\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e2\u05de\u05de\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05c3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Septuagint<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\" lang=\"en-US\">Psalmoi \/ Psalms 72<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\" lang=\"en-US\">72:15 And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and men shall pray for him continually; and all the day shall they praise him. 72:16 There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth. 72:17 Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. (LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-4\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\">72:15 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b3\u1fc7 \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbd \u1f04\u03ba\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f40\u03c1\u1f73\u03c9\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u039b\u1f77\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f41 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f61\u03c3\u03b5\u1f76 \u03c7\u1f79\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 72:16 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b7\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f21\u03bb\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b7\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f31 \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03b7 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd 72:17 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u0399\u03c3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b7\u03bb \u1f41 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b8\u03b1\u03c5\u03bc\u1f71\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">As a result of these things, David seems to suggest that these deeds will cause his son to obtain the gold of Sheba (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:15<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), the grain and abundance of the earth (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and that his name would endure forever as long as the sun shines (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Is David saying that by the good deeds (good works, <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker016\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">maasim tovim) his son performs, the Lord will bless him? It is interesting how the Aramaic Targum describes this person David is speaking of saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">72:17 May his name be invoked for ever; and before the sun came to be his name was determined; so all the peoples will be blessed by his merit, and they shall speak well of him. (EMC)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Somehow the name of this king, the son, was determined even before the creation. The way the Aramaic Targum is written it sounds a lot like Yeshua the Messiah, by his merit we are saved, he cares for us, and his name is invoked for ever (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). How does God view <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cmerits?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In the sense of this Psalm, obeying God\u2019s word merits a good life and the Lord raining down his blessing upon us. On the other hand, disobeying God\u2019s word merits bad things happening. The idea of one meriting blessing, is a way in which the Scriptures work to encourage us in our walk before the Lord. As we live for Him, we are essentially drawing near to Him and He consequentially draws near to us. The important point is to realize, if we are willing, that there is a connection to Torah observance and our devotion to Messiah, and that these two things go hand in hand. These two things are also absolutely necessary to fulfill and complete the redemptive plan of God in our lives and for all of Israel, in and through Israel, and to the entire world. Note that the merit of Torah observance can also be metaphorically understand in the context of the merit of Gentiles in the sense that Torah study and observance has the effect of being a part of the Messianic plan to draw all of Israel back to the Torah, to the Land, and to the Lord God in heaven. This is not by our own doing, this comes by the hand of the Lord that is upon our lives, and His living and working in our lives. This is how we are to understand the relationship between the covenant we have in Yeshua the Messiah and the Torah. This is also how we understand these words of the Psalm based upon the covenant that we have in Yeshua the Messiah. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David concludes his psalm saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d9\u05d7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05e2\u05b9\u05e9\u05b5\u05b9\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9: \u05d9\u05d8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b5\u05df | \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b5\u05df: \u05db \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d9:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 72:18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders. 72:19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Now it is believed that in the Apostolic Writings, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is a reference to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. The context of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 1:68<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Luke 1:63-79<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:63 And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, \u2018His name is John.\u2019 And they were all astonished. 1:64 And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God. 1:65 Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea. 1:66 All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, \u2018What then will this child turn out to be?\u2019 For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him. 1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: 1:68 \u2018Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, 1:69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant 1:70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old 1:71 Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us; 1:72 To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant, 1:73 The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, 1:74 To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. 1:76 \u2018And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways; 1:77 To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins, 1:78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us, 1:79 To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The context of Luke chapter 1 speaks of the birth of John Ha\u2019Matbil (the Baptist), when Zechariah\u2019s lips were loosed and he was able to speak, he gave praise to the Lord God in heaven and describes how this child will be a horn raised up for the salvation of Israel, how he will lead the people, and rescue the people from the hand of the enemy. We find a very similar context to David\u2019s description in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">and coupled with the Aramaic Targum, and the rabbis commentary on the psalm, this may be the reason the Gospel of Luke records in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 1:68<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> as the Lord\u2019s blessing his people Israel and accomplishing His redemption for His people in the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker017\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah Yeshua. John prepared the way for Yeshua, preaching <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker018\"><\/a><a id=\"_idIndexMarker019\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Teshuvah (repentance), and to turn our lives to the Lord God in heaven, to seek His righteousness in our lives, to seek His help, and to live for His glory. The <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker020\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah is the one who guides and directs us for that very same purpose! Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Rabbinic Commentary<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-15\"> The Rabbinic Commentary (Midrash) on <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-16\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72 <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-15\">has 6 parts. Reading through the Midrash we will be looking at Part 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. Let\u2019s begin by outlining <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-16\">Midrash Tehillim Chapter 72, Parts 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-1\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\">Outline of Midrash Tehillim \/ Psalms, Chapter 72, Part 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-17\">Part 1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA Psalm of Solomon, Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness unto the king\u2019s son (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:1).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cThese words are to be considered in the light of what Scripture says elsewhere, Say of the righteous, that He is good; for they will eat the fruit of their doings (Isaiah 3:10).<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis comment upon David\u2019s words speaking about merit and righteousness.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), the rabbis expand upon the mashal giving examples on what the Lord does with our merit and His righteousness.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd David also said, O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good; for His mercy endures forever (Tehillim \/ Psalms 106:1).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-17\">Part 2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnother comment on For they will eat the fruit of their doings (Isaiah 3:10).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cScripture does not say, The will eat the fruit of His doings, but says, the fruit of their doings.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis comment upon David\u2019s words and appear to be following on from the previous midrash on righteousness and merits.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), the rabbis expand upon the mashal with biblical examples on the judgments of God from the Scriptures.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHow did Solomon know? Perhaps the woman had spoken craftily, so that Solomon would award the child to her? But it was a heavenly voice that came forth and said, She is the mother thereof.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-17\">Part 4<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIn further comment on He will judge Your people with righteousness, they will fear You while the sun endures (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:2-5).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cRabbi Jose son of Halafta said, A man is judged every morning, for it is said, You visit him in the mornings (Job 7:18).<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis comment upon David\u2019s words to describe the Messiah who will be good to the poor and weak, and bring the judgment of God to the wicked and unrighteous.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), the rabbis expand upon the mashal with examples.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cOur Masters read The will fear You, etc., as They will fear You as the light of the sun withers and therefore take these words to apply to the prayer said at dusk.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-17\">Part 5<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHe will come down like rain upon the shearing (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:6).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cHow are we to interpret the phrase, upon the shearing?<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis comment upon David\u2019s words upon the meaning of the rain and the shearing.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), the rabbis expand upon the mashal discussing the sun, the moon, the righteous, and the world to come.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBecause of righteous judgments, for it is said of him He will deliver the needy when he cries; the ppor also, and him that has no helper (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:12).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-17\">Part 6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThere will be hand sized corn in the land (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:16).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cRabbi Hiyya son of Asi said in the name of rabbi Johanan, the Land of Israel will bring forth handfuls of delicate breads and wool garments as well.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis comment upon David\u2019s words and again speak of the <a id=\"_idIndexMarker021\"><\/a>King Messiah.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), the rabbis expand upon the mashal and seem to make a distinction between Solomon, David\u2019s son, and the <a id=\"_idIndexMarker022\"><\/a>King Messiah.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIn a different interpretation, of The prayers of David, the son of Jesse are ended, prayers is taken to mean the prayers of yearning, as is written, My soul yearns, yes, even pineth (Tehillim \/ Psalms 84:3).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 1 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA Psalm of Solomon, Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness unto the king\u2019s son (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:1).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThese words are to be considered in the light of what Scripture says elsewhere, Say of the righteous, that He is good; for they will eat the fruit of their doings (Isaiah 3:10).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In light of what is written in the Aramaic Targum, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">71:1 Composed by Solomon, uttered in prophecy. O God, give your just rulings to the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker023\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">King Messiah, and your righteousness to the son of King David. (EMC)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and what is written in the MT, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">A Psalm of Solomon. 72:1 Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king\u2019s son. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the rabbis discuss the opening verse to the psalm saying the righteous will eat the fruit of their doings. What does it mean that the righteous will eat the fruit of their doings? The midrash quotes from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 3:10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions. 3:11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him&#8230;<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What does it mean that the wicked will get what he deserves? The idea is that men receive in themselves the recompense for their deeds. One will reap the consequences of his or her sinful actions. The righteous on the other hand are always pursuing the righteousness of God and as a result they raise their moral nature, become better, and, in becoming better, become happier because their relationship with the Lord is increasing, just like it is said that <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIt is well with them, for of the fruit of their doings they eat.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The wicked on the other hand deprave and corrupt themselves. They are essentially lowering their moral nature, becoming worse than they were, and we had learned previously in the psalm studies that the wickedness of a man leads to a sort of self delusion, the wicked are in the process of self deception to justify their actions. The wicked become worse and more miserable with time as the midrash says, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWoe unto them! with them it is ill; for the achievement of their hands is given them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Speaking with respect to the righteous and the wicked according to Isaiah, Rabbi Judah states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Rabbi Judah the Levite son of Shallum taught, Who is the only one that can be called the Righteous? The Holy One blessed be He loves righteousness (Tehillim \/ Psalms 2:7). Accordingly, God rewards us with what is ours if we have merit and if we have accumulated good works. But, if we have not, God bestows righteousness and mercy upon us with what is His. Is there a righteous one greater than He? Hence, Say of the righteous that He is good. (Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">He asks the question about who may be called righteous and states that the Lord God in heaven loves righteousness. Rabbi Judah quotes from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 2:7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, and comparing the midrash on <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 2, Midrash Tehillim 2, Part 9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the rabbis understand the psalm of David to be Messianic. Rabbi Judah may be drawing in a perspective here on the Psalm with regard to righteousness of man as opposed to the righteousness of God in his question of who may be called righteous. In the midrash on <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 2, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">we read, the <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Dibur Hamathil) and the <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Petihta) states <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d6 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e1\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d7\u05b9\u05e7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">2:7 \u2018I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, \u2018You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (mashal) <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states that the Children of Israel are the sons of God according to the decree of the Torah, the Neviim (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings) citing the Scripture from <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Shemot \/ Exodus <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\">\u05db\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc:<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">4:22 \u2018Then you shall say to Pharaoh, \u2018Thus says the Lord, \u2018Israel is My son, My firstborn. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker024\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">sons of God, the Children of Israel are said to be exalted and lifted up, they will prosper (<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Isaiah 52:13, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\">\u05d9\u05d2 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05d4\u05bc \u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) that this will occur to the servant in whom is God\u2019s delight (<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Isaiah 42:1,<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\">\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b5\u05df \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05da\u05b0-\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e6\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The concepts Rabbi Judah may be drawing into the midrash on <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is of righteousness, God\u2019s people are called to live righteous lives according to the Torah of the Lord. The rabbis then lead into a discussion of<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the vision of Daniel in Midrash Tehillim 2, Part 9, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Daniel 7:13-14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\">\u05d9\u05d2 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d6\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b2\u05d5\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b1\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b2\u05d5\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3-\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b0\u05d8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d4\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b0\u05d8\u05b8\u05df \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05bb\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d4\u05bc \u05d9\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b0\u05d8\u05b8\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4\u05bc \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b0\u05d8\u05b8\u05df \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05dd \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b6\u05e2\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b5\u05d4\u05bc \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc:<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">7:13 \u2018I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. 7:14 \u2018And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The vision of Daniel is very Messianic and speaks of the <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">\u201cOne like the Son of Man\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> who will have dominion and power over all of the earth. This is interesting because the Midrash on Tehillim 72 directs us to the midrash on Tehillim 2 and to Daniel\u2019s vision and the One who the Lord God establishes upon His Holy Mountain, the Messiah. Rabbi Judah interprets these things to say that God rewards us for merit and good works. And if one does not have merit and good works, that the Lord God bestows His righteousness upon us. The righteousness of God is given to the people when there is need for such.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The midrash continues saying the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">In a different interpretation, the verse is read, Say no more of the righteous than that he is good. Rabbi Aibu taught, You find it said of the Holy One blessed be He, while He was creating His world, that after each day\u2019s work God saw that it was good. But note that it was only after He came to the end of His work and ceased that Scripture says, God saw everything that He had made and behold, it was very good (Bereshit \/ Genesis 1:31). Rabbi Jose taught in the name of rabbi Hanina, When the Holy One blessed be He, sought to send Moshe to Egypt, what did Moshe ask? He asked, Behold, when the children of Israel ask me, What is His name? What will I say unto them? (Shemot \/ Exodus 3:13). The Holy One blessed be He, replied, you know not My name. Come, and I will tell you, I am that I am; and He said, Thus will you say unto the children of Israel, I am has sent me unto you (Shemot \/ Exodus 3:14). You find I am written three times, and this means that the Holy One blessed be He, said, I created My world with compassion, I will guide it with compassion, and I will return to Jerusalem with compassion, as is said, I return to Jerusalem with compassion (Zechariah 1:16).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The midrash draws in the creation account and the Lord looking upon the work of his hand and says that it was only after each days work that He saw that it was good. It is important to recognize that the Lord is in the process of doing a good work in our lives. This rabbinic commentary reminds us of what the Apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians regarding the Lord working in our lives, he says in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Philippians 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This may be the reason why the Lord places His righteousness upon us; He is planting the seeds for growth and to work a good work in our lives for righteousness sake. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The midrash continues with the account of the creation and the Lord sending Moshe to Egypt to deliver the people. Moshe asks the name of the Lord and the way the name is written it refers to three things, (i) the Lord created the world with compassion, (ii) the Lord will guide the world with compassion, and (iii) the Lord will return to Jerusalem with compassion. (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d1\u05f4\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05de\u05d9, \u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e2\u05ea\u05d9\u05d3 \u05dc\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e2\u05ea\u05d9\u05d3 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d6\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e9\u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05dd (\u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0 \u05d9\u05d5)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The Midrash states <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05dd<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cin mercies\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the Lord will do these things, and that is consistent with His having given His people His righteousness, He has placed His righteousness upon His people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 1 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAfter Moshe went and spoke to the children of Israel, they said to him, What are we obligated to say of the Righteous One of the universe? That He is good. Hence, you say of the Righteous that He is good. And David also said, O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good; for His mercy endures forever (Tehillim \/ Psalms 106:1).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord is good and unique because He gives His righteousness to those who seek it. We are told the reason that we are to proclaim <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe Lord is good\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is because of His righteousness and His mercies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 2 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnother comment on For they will eat the fruit of their doings (Isaiah 3:10).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cScripture does not say, The will eat the fruit of His doings, but says, the fruit of their doings.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis quote from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 3:10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> regarding the wicked who will eat the fruit of their doings (actions). The context states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Isaiah 3:8-14<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence. 3:9 The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. 3:10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions. 3:11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him. 3:12 O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths. 3:13 The Lord arises to contend, And stands to judge the people. 3:14 The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people, \u2018It is you who have devoured the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Isaiah says that Jerusalem has rebelled against the presence of the Lord. Their faces bear witness against them. What does it mean that their faces bear witness against them? This may be a reference to their lustful expressions, Isaiah says they display their sin like Sodom and do not conceal it meaning that the people have no shame in their sins. In their sins, they have brought evil upon themselves. Do you think that God functions in this same way today? Does evil come upon a person because of his sins? What about those who believe and trust in Yeshua the Messiah? Are there any circumstances in which this is not the case? Isaiah continues saying the leaders guide and lead the people astray from the path of God and confuse the people\u2019s direction. Because of this the Lord stands in judgment of the leaders; note how the prophet Isaiah states that they devoured vineyards and plunder the poor. The vineyard reference sounds like Ahab and Jezebel and Naboth\u2019s vineyard (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Kings 21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). A good man is one who loves peace. Rabbi Hillel taught on the importance of peace by saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBe of the disciples of Aaron, a lover of peace and a pursuer of peace, one who loves mankind and draws them nearer to the Torah.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> According to Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel, peace is one of the three pillars that sustain civilization, the other two being justice and truth. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mishnah Pirkei Avot 1:18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Peace is the condition for the enjoyment of all other blessings. There may be food, there may be drink, but <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cif there is no peace there is nothing.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> As a result, the rabbis advised people to shun quarreling. The one who is able to exercise restraint <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwill escape a hundred evils.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">In addition, the quarrelsome person who readily gives vent to his anger <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwill destroy his home.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Bamidbar Rabbah 11:7, Talmud Bavli Sanhedrin 7a, 102b<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) It is important to seek peace and to do good to one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 2 continues saying the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Hence, the verse refers to the righteous who leave the fruit of their doings to their sons, as David left the fruit of his doings, for it is said, David bestowed justice and righteousness upon all his people (2 Samuel 8:15). In this same connection, David said of Solomon, Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness unto the king\u2019s son. He did not say, Give the king my judgments, but Your judgments, as if to say, Master of the Universe, endow the king\u2019s son with Your power in the rendering of judgments, Even as You are able to render judgment without witnesses and without warning, so may Solomon be able to render judgment without witnesses and without warning. (Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The midrash states that David left the fruit of his doings. The phrase <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cfruit of his doings\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> appears to be a reference to one\u2019s sins. The idea is that David gave justice and righteousness to the people, he did not oppress the people. This is the way in which the rabbis interpret the Psalm of David saying in a similar manner, David asked the Lord God to give His righteousness to his son Solomon. The purpose was for being able to judge the people in righteousness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The midrash continues saying,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Hence, Scripture says, Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord (1 Chronicles 29:23). Is it possible that flesh and blood could sit on the throne of the Lord? Is it not written His throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire (Daniel 7:9)? What then do the words Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord mean? They mean that like his Maker, Solomon was able to render judgments without witnesses and without warning. This was true of him at the trial of the harlots, for it is said, Then came there two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him (1 Kings 3:16). Rab said that the two were evil spirits who simulated women. But Samuel held that the two were really harlots. Rabbi Benjamin maintained, in the name of rabbi Judah, that the two were sisters in law whose husbands had died without issue, and who came before Solomon for judgment. And the one woman said, O my Lord, etc. Then said the king, The one says, this is my son that lives, and your son is dead; and the other said, no; but your son is the dead and my son is the living (1 Kings 3:17). Rabbi Simon taught, A judge must repeat the peas of the litigants in the presence of both of them, for Scripture tells us Then said the king, The one says, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead; and the other says, no; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living. When the king heard these please, he said at once, Divide the living child in two (1 Kings 3:25). And then, his wit spilling over, he said, The Holy One blessed be He, foresaw that this case would come before me. Therefore, He made mankind with two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, two hands, and two feet. Divide the living child in two, Solomon said. Rabbi Judah son of rabbi Ilai said, If I had been there, I would have put a rope around Solomon\u2019s neck, for one child dead was apparently not enough for him, no, he had to command that the second be divided in two. When the king\u2019s counselors saw what he was about, they began to say, Woe to you, O land, when your king is a boy (Ecclesiastes 10:16). But nothing came of his command, for he went on to say, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it (1 Kings 3:27). Thereupon a heavenly voice came forth, and said, She is the mother. When the counselors saw the outcome, they exclaimed, Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles (Ecclesiastes 10:17). Hence, it is said Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness unto the king\u2019s son. (Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Based upon the midrash, the righteousness of God enables one to discern between right and wrong, and even of the intent of the heart. This sounds like what is called <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe discerning of the spirit.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The righteousness of God appears to be what is known as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe spiritual gift of discerning spirits\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> based upon the midrashic description. According to the Apostolic Writings, the gift of discerning or <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cdistinguishing\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> spirits, is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit described in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Corinthians 12:4-11<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. Based upon the Apostolic Writings, each person who has been given the gift of the righteousness of God has been given a certain amount of discernment. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Hebrews 5:13-14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> tells us that the person who has matured beyond the use of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe milk of the Word\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is able to discern both good and evil. Maturity is empowered by the Spirit of God, and the person who chooses to focus upon the Word of God will be given the ability to be spiritually discerning in a greater way. This discernment is meant for distinguishing between the truth of the Scriptures and erroneous and deceptive doctrines propagated by evil spirits. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Timothy 4:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) In the Apostolic Writings, we are all exhorted to be spiritually discerning (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 17:11 and 1 John 4:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The idea is that the spiritually discerning person is so familiar with the Word of God that they instantly recognize what is contrary to what the Lord God in heaven wants. This isn\u2019t necessarily something that is like a <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cspecial message from God,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> but the use of the Word of God to test everything to see whether things line up with God\u2019s will as opposed to those things that do not. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Timothy 2:15<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The Apostle Paul spoke of being equipped and ready, and that success is dependent upon our being willing to be used of the Lord, seeking Him, and to be actively turning from sin on a daily basis. Success is based upon faithfully seeking the Lord, loving one another, and seeking to do what is right and just and true. These are the things king Solomon did when he sat in judgment between the two women and the one dead son. The rabbis try to argue over who the women were, demons who simulated women, harlots, sisters in law whose husbands died, etc. King Solomon discerned that the one who was the true mother of the child would love and care for the child and give the child away rather than to see harm come to the boy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 2 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cRabbi Eleazar taught, The Holy One blessed be He, showed Himself in three courts of justice, in the court of Shem, son of Noah; in the court of Samuel the Ramathite; and in the court of Solomon. With regard to God\u2019s showing Himself in the court of Shem, it is said, And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She speaks the truth. She is with child because of me (Bereshit \/ Genesis 38:26). How did Judah know? If he had gone in to her, another man might have gone in to her. But it was a heavenly voice that came forth and said, Because of Me, that is, it was My will that these deeds be kept secret. With regard to God\u2019s showing Himself in the court of Samuel in the part of Scripture where And he said, The Lord is a witness (1 Samuel 12:5) occurs, does not the context require that it be written And they said, etc? The words and he said imply, however, that it was a heavenly voice that came forth and said, I am a witness for Samuel. And with regard to God\u2019s showing Himself in the court of Solomon, it is said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. She is the mother thereof (1 Kings 3:27). How did Solomon know? Perhaps the woman had spoken craftily, so that Solomon would award the child to her? But it was a heavenly voice that came forth and said, She is the mother thereof.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis provide proof texts from the Tanach on the Lord\u2019s wisdom being given to the men of Israel. It is interesting how the interpretation follows with a voice from heaven declaring the one who was guilty or innocent. Even in Solomon\u2019s case, we read in the midrash, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Thereupon a heavenly voice came forth, and said, She is the mother.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Even though the Lord provides men with His righteousness, and giving them the ability to discern between right and wrong, the Lord God Himself needs to intervene in order to ensure that the judgment is made correctly. The midrash speaks of the Lord God in heaven moves to work righteousness, justice, and truth in the lives of His people. But we also are to be willing to allow the Lord God to work in our lives by the power of His Spirit too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 4 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIn further comment on He will judge Your people with righteousness, they will fear You while the sun endures (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:2-5).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cRabbi Jose son of Halafta said, A man is judged every morning, for it is said, You visit him in the mornings (Job 7:18).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> It could be the idea that one is judged every morning is by reason that the Lord gives a man life in the morning to continue living because He is merciful. The concept here is that the spirit of a man departs at night, and then returns in the morning. Why do the rabbis say the Lord visits man in the mornings? This is an important concept regarding the Lord visiting in the mornings. In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 3:2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> we read <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthis man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, \u201cRabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.\u201d (NASB)<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 3:2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states, \u03bf\u1f57\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f26\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd, we find the pronoun <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201chim\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd) in the Greek instead of the name Yeshua. Based upon the context from the previous chapter, Nicodemus may have been dissatisfied with the way in which his colleagues were dealing with Yeshua and resolved to judge for himself. Nicodemus obviously wanted to see for himself whether Yeshua was the Messiah, and he did so by the cover of darkness. According to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 7:50<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> John 19:39, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Nicodemus appears to identify with the Messiah in a more public manner as opposed to his encounter in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 3:2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. The point is how Nicodemus came to Yeshua at night. He was trying to conceal his actions. In the midrash, the Lord God in heaven comes at day light because He is not concealing His actions. His actions are being made known publicly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The midrash continues to say the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The verse He will judge the poor of the people,he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:4) is like the verse in which it is said of the Messiah, But with righteousness will he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the land; and he will smite the land with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked (Isaiah 11:4). They will fear you as long as the sun is upon them and the moon is before them and until the generation of generations (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:5), they will fear the Messiah as long as the sun is upon them, that is, fear him in this world in which the light of the sun is required; and will fear him as long as the moon is before them, that is, fear him for as long as the moon looks down upon them before its light is finally confounded. For there will come a time of which it is said, Then the moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts will reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem (Isaiah 24:23). And of which it is also said, The sun will be no more your light by day; neither for brightness will the moon give its light unto you; but the Lord will be unto you an everlasting light, and your God your glory (Isaiah 60:19). (Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 4)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">What we find is the one who judges the poor and the people, the one who saves the needy, and breaks the hold of the oppressor, this is the Messiah of God. The rabbis opinion on the actions of the Messiah are to do these things, to come with the righteousness of God and having been given the ability to judge by the power of God and by His righteousness. Note how the rabbis connect the Messiah to the one who comes to destroy the wicked (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 11:4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Note also how the midrash uses the word <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05de\u05e9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> as a reference to the sun. The word shemesh may also be a play on the word shamash (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05de\u05e9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) as a reference to the righteous servant, and the light of the sun parallels the light of righteousness, and darkness to unrighteousness. The midrash states that they will fear the Messiah as long as the sun (the righteous one) is upon them, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthat is, fear him in this world in which the light of the sun is required; and will fear him as long as the moon is before them, that is, fear him for as long as the moon looks down upon them before its light is finally confounded.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The concepts here may be that during the day, the light of the sun is a reference to the righteousness of God which the Messiah brings as judgment upon the wicked. The light of the moon suggests that even during night time, there is light, the righteousness of God does not cease during the night time, and God\u2019s judgment is complete, the wicked (unrighteous) can not escape the Lord\u2019s Messiah (deliverer, savior, etc). The midrash continues saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cFor there will come a time of which it is said, Then the moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts will reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem (Isaiah 24:23).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This suggests a similar theme to what Yeshua describes as his returning. As we read in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 24:29 \u2018But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 24:30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 24:31 \u2018And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Yeshua describes the distress of those days and at this time He will return to save His people. The midrash follows saying that at that time the sun will no longer be a light, and neither will the moon, but the Lord will be an everlasting light (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 60:19<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). These concepts sound very similar to what we read at the end of the book of Revelation. Based upon these Scriptures, the Messiah will hand the power He was given back to the Lord God in heaven. This may be the reasoning behind the idea in Judaism that the Messiah is not about bringing a person to the world to come. In the Olam Haba, the Messiah will hand all power and authority back to the Father in heaven, and be subjected to Him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> According to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 21:22-22:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> we read the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Revelation 21:22-22:1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 21:23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 21:24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 21:25 In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; 21:26 and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; 21:27 and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb\u2019s book of life. 22:1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">According to the book of Revelation, the Lamb (the Messiah) has an integral role in the Olam Haba, in the sense that the Lamb will continue to lead the people in the way of the Lord, in the light of His righteousness and truth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 4 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd how are we to interpret until the generation of generations? It is the immortal generation which is not to be followed by another generation. Another comment, the words They will fear You as long as the sun is upon them allude to the morning prayer, for the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker025\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shema must be read at sunrise; the words and the moon is before them allude to the afternoon prayer which must be said before it gets dark and the world needs the light of the moon. Our Masters read The will fear You, etc., as They will fear You as the light of the sun withers and therefore take these words to apply to the prayer said at dusk.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note how the rabbis speak of an immortal generation that is not followed by another generation. This does seem to have parallels to the account in the Apostolic Writings of Yeshua, the resurrection, the children of God, the Olam Haba, etc. In the conclusion of the midrash, the rabbis appear to answer the reason why the Lord comes in the morning to a man. The reason is by the morning prayers and the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker026\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Shema being read at sunrise. The moon is a reference to the afternoon prayer. The world needs both the greater and lesser light, where the light is a reference to God\u2019s righteousness, may suggest that the world needs the Righteousness of the Lord God our Father in heaven, and the Righteousness of His Messiah Yeshua, because Yeshua comes bringing with Him the Righteousness of God whereupon he gives unto His people for the forgiveness of sins, for deliverance, and for salvation from this present world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 5 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHe will come down like rain upon the shearing (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:6).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHow are we to interpret the phrase, upon the shearing?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The entire midrash states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table004\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-8\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-9\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-10\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e2\u05d1 \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d4 \u05d9\u05e8\u05d3 \u05db\u05de\u05d8\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d2\u05d6. \u05de\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d2\u05d6, \u05d0\u05dd \u05ea\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d2\u05d6 \u05de\u05de\u05e9, \u05de\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05d4\u05d3\u05d0 \u05de\u05d9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e2\u05d9\u05e9\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d2\u05d6\u05d6\u05d0. \u05db\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d6\u05e8\u05d6\u05d9\u05e3 \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5. \u05de\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d6\u05e8\u05d6\u05d9\u05e3, \u05e9\u05de\u05d6\u05e8\u05d6 \u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5. \u05d9\u05e4\u05e8\u05d7 \u05d1\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7. \u05d4\u05d3\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d3\u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7 \u05db\u05ea\u05de\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e4\u05e8\u05d7 \u05db\u05d0\u05e8\u05d6 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05e9\u05d2\u05d4 \u05e9\u05ea\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05f3 \u05d1\u05d7\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea (\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea) \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d9\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5 (\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e6\u05d1 \u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05d3). \u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e8\u05d7. \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d9\u05db\u05df, \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05d9\u05ea\u05db\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d7. \u05db\u05e9\u05dd \u05e9\u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05e9 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d7 \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4, \u05db\u05da \u05d4\u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05ea\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05d5 \u05d2\u05d5\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05da \u05d5\u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5\u05d2\u05d4 \u05d6\u05e8\u05d7\u05da (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e1 \u05d2). \u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d3 \u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d9\u05dd. \u05db\u05dc \u05d6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7 \u05dc\u05de\u05dc\u05da \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7, \u05d5\u05db\u05dc \u05d6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05de\u05d4, \u05d1\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9\u05dc \u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d8\u05d9 \u05e6\u05d3\u05e7, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05e9\u05d5\u05e2 \u05d5\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05d5\u05d6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">5. He will come down like rain upon the shearing (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:6). How are we to interpret the phrase, upon the shearing? If you say that the phrase refers to shorn fleece, what good would rain do it? Therefore, the phrase must refer to rain upon the shorn field. As showers that water (zarzif) the earth, what does zarzif connote? Waters that awaken (zarez) and beautify (yafeh) the earth. In his days will the righteous flourish (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:7). Elsewhere, another Psalm says, the righteous will flourish like the palmtree; he will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, will flourish in the courts of our God (Tehillim \/ Psalms 92:12-14). The verse concludes And abundance of peace, till there be no moon (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:7). Till when? Till the moon comes to an end. Even as the sun and the moon give light in this world, so the righteous will give light in the world to come, as is said, And the nations will walk at your light, and kings at the brightness of your rising (Isaiah 60:3). He will have dominion also from sea to sea (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:8). All this glory of dominion will be the king Messiah\u2019s. And why all this? Because of righteous judgments, for it is said of him He will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:12).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Note how the sun and the moon are mentioned again with a reference to the world to come (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db\u05da \u05d4\u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05ea\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-14\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05d5 \u05d2\u05d5\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05da \u05d5\u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5\u05d2\u05d4 \u05d6\u05e8\u05d7\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The glory of God, the glory of the dominion of the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker027\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05de\u05dc\u05da \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and the salvation of the people in this present age are all drawn into context to the world to come (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). What we are seeing here in the midrash is the importance of the Messiah of God who is made King having an everlasting dominion. The Messiah is being given a preeminence or predominant position as the one who has with Him the glory of God, His righteousness, and truth and judgment. This is similar to what we read in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Hebrews 2:5-18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> speaking of Yeshua the Messiah. The author of Hebrews contrasts the Messiah with the ministering angels and then proceeds to describe the supremacy of the Son into direct relation to the Messianic administration of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe world to come.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Is this not the same thing that is being taught according to Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 4 and 5? The ideal condition of man is to be ruled by the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker028\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah, which is explained by reason of the purpose of His rule and reign, to be the one who judges the poor and the people, the one who brings justice to all, the one who saves the needy, and breaks the hold of the oppressor, who brings with Him the Righteousness of God to judge both the righteous and the unrighteous, and who also brings with Him the wrath of God to those who do not know Him and do not want to have a part with Him. This is the rabbinic description of the Messiah of God, and it appears to also be the kind of description that is taken from the disciples, Paul, and all of the Apostolic Writings. Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 5 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBecause of righteous judgments, for it is said of him He will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:12).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The conclusion is the Kin Messiah will do what is right because he is coming according to the will of the Most High God, our Father in heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 6 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThere will be hand sized corn in the land (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:16).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cRabbi Hiyya son of Asi said in the name of rabbi Johanan, the Land of Israel will bring forth handfuls of delicate breads and wool garments as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table005\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-11\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-12\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-13\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e2\u05d1 \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d5 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e4\u05e1\u05ea \u05d1\u05e8 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5. \u05e8\u05f3 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e8 \u05d0\u05e1\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e9\u05dd \u05e8\u05f3 \u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05e0\u05df \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e2\u05ea\u05d9\u05d3\u05d4 \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05e9\u05ea\u05d4\u05d0 \u05de\u05d5\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d2\u05dc\u05d5\u05e1\u05e7\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05db\u05dc\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9\u05df, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e4\u05e1\u05ea \u05d1\u05e8 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5. \u05d9\u05e8\u05e2\u05e9 \u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5 \u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05e8 \u05db\u05e2\u05e9\u05d1 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5. \u05d5\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d5\u05df \u05e6\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05ea. \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd. \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d8\u05e2\u05d5\u05dd \u05d8\u05e2\u05dd \u05de\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4. \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05e9 \u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05de\u05d5. \u05e9\u05d1\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05dd \u05e9\u05e0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd, \u05db\u05e1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05db\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3, \u05d5\u05e9\u05dd \u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7, \u05d5\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4, [\u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc, \u05d2\u05df \u05e2\u05d3\u05df \u05d5\u05d2\u05d9\u05d4\u05e0\u05dd, \u05d5\u05ea\u05e9\u05d5\u05d1\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e7\u05d3\u05e9]. \u05db\u05dc\u05d5 \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05e9\u05d9. \u05d5\u05db\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d0\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05e9\u05d9, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05dc \u05d0\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05dc \u05e2\u05dc \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05dc\u05da \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7. \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05db\u05dc\u05d5 \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05e9\u05d9. \u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05ea, \u05db\u05d3\u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 \u05e0\u05db\u05e1\u05e4\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d2\u05dd \u05db\u05dc\u05ea\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9 (\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05d3 \u05d2).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">6. There will be hand sized corn in the land (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:16). Rabbi Hiyya son of Asi said in the name of rabbi Johanan, the Land of Israel will bring forth handfuls of delicate breads and wool garments as well. Hence, it is said, There will be hand sized corn (pissat bar) in the land. The fruit will shake like Lebanon; and they of the city will flourish like grass of the earth (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:16). They will flourish (uasisu), that is, they will flower with fringes (tzitzit). His name will endure forever (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:17), that is, the king Messiah will never know the taste of death. Before the sun was, his name existed (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:17). Seven things existed before the world was created, the throne of glory, the name of the Messiah, Torah, Israel, the Garden of Eden, <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker029\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Gehenna, repentance, and the Temple. The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended (kalu) (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:20). And are not the remaining prayers also prayers of David the son of Jesse? Kalu, however, is to be read as kol\u2019ellu, all of these, and hence, the verse means that all of these were the prayers David uttered concerning his son Solomon and concerning the king Messiah. In a different interpretation, of The prayers of David, the son of Jesse are ended, prayers is taken to mean the prayers of yearning, as is written, My soul yearns, yes, even pineth (Tehillim \/ Psalms 84:3). <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis open with a comment upon the abundance of God\u2019s provision saying that there will be hand sized corn in the land with a reference to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:16. <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The MT states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMay there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth.\u201d (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord will bring such a blessing upon the land and the people, the grain and fruit will grow in great amounts, to a gigantic size, and even the people who live in the city (Jerusalem) will flourish like vegetation. The interpretation of this is the people will take the grain and fruit and make wonderful breads. The further interpretation of the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHence, it is said, There will be hand sized corn (pissat bar) in the land. The fruit will shake like Lebanon; and they of the city will flourish like grass of the earth (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:16). They will flourish (uasisu), that is, they will flower with fringes (tzitzit).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis are drawing in the mitzvot on the tzitzit and the Lord\u2019s blessing of abundance in food and people. The midrash continues with comments upon the messiah and so the interpretation appears to be in relation to the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker030\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">messianic age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">His name will endure forever (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:17), that is, the king Messiah will never know the taste of death. Before the sun was, his name existed (Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:17). Seven things existed before the world was created, the throne of glory, the name of the Messiah, Torah, Israel, the Garden of Eden, <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker031\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Gehenna, repentance, and the Temple. (Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 6)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Here the rabbis make the statements that the messiah will never know the taste of death. This may be a polemic against Yeshua having died for the sins of the world. Or, on a positive note, this could be a reference to the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker032\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah and the resurrection, that he died once, and was raised again to everlasting life. The Jewish interpretation here regarding the existence of the Messiah\u2019s name <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cbefore the sun\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker033\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Talmud Bavli Pesachim 54a<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker034\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Talmud Bavli Pesachim 54a<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Yet was the fire of the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker035\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Gehenna created on the eve of the Sabbath? Surely it was taught: Seven things were created before the world was created, and these are they: The Torah, repentance, the Garden of Eden, <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker036\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Gehenna, the Throne of Glory, the Temple, and the name of the Messiah. The Torah, for it is written, The Lord made me [sc. the Torah] as the beginning of his way.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">26 <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Repentance, for it is written, Before the mountains were brought forth, and it is written, Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Repent, ye children of men.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">27<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> The Garden of Eden, as it is written, And the Lord planted a garden in Eden from aforetime.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">28<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> The <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker037\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Gehenna, for it is written, For Tophet [i.e., <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker038\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Gehenna] is ordered of old.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">29<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> The Throne of Glory and the Temple, for it is written, Thou throne of glory, on high from the beginning, Thou place of our sanctuary.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">30<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> The name of the Messiah, as it is written, His [sc. the Messiah\u2019s] name shall endure for ever, and has exited before the sun!<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">31<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> \u2014 I will tell you: only its cavity was created before the world was created, but its fire [was created] on the eve of the Sabbath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">It is interesting to read the rabbis comments on the belief in the preexistence of the Messiah\u2019s name. Some would say the belief in the preexistence of the name is another way to express the idea that the Messiah was prior to creation. This is very similar to what Paul taught in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In the Apostolic Writings, the same view is expressed regarding the preexistence of persons and things. For example, when Yeshua said in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 8:58<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBefore Abraham was, I am,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> may have been a rabbinic allusion to the preexistence of the Messiah. In addition, Yeshua said something similar of the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker039\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Kingdom of God, the reward for the righteous, was <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cprepared for you [the righteous] from the foundation of the world\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 25:34, compare the Mishnah Pirkei Avot 3:16, He would say: Everything is given as collateral, and a net is cast over all of life. The shop is open, and the shopkeeper grants credit, and the accounting ledger is open, and the hand writes, and everyone who wants to borrow can come and borrow, and the collectors go constantly on their daily rounds and exact payment from man &#8211; with or without consent, and they have that upon which to rely, and the judgement is true judgement, and everything is prepared for the feast<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8, \u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05e0\u05ea\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1\u05d5\u05df, \u05d5\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05e1\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd.\u05d4\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05e4\u05ea\u05d5\u05d7\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e7\u05d9\u05e3, \u05d5\u05d4\u05e4\u05e0\u05e7\u05e1 \u05e4\u05ea\u05d5\u05d7, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d3 \u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d1\u05ea, \u05d5\u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05e6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05dc\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea \u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d7\u05d6\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05d3\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d1\u05db\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e4\u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05df \u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05de\u05d3\u05e2\u05ea\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05de\u05d3\u05e2\u05ea\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e1\u05de\u05d5\u05db\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05de\u05ea, \u05d5\u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05de\u05ea\u05e7\u05df \u05dc\u05e1\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Based upon <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 13:35<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (\u201c<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: \u2018I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD\u2019\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), it appears the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201chidden sayings of old\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 78:2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) was understood to refer to Messianic secrets or truths prepared from the foundation of the world. Similarly the names of the righteous are <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwritten in the book of life from the foundation of the world\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> according to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 17:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.\u201d NASB<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). We also find the blood of the martyr prophets was also to have been <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cshed from the foundation of the world\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 11:50<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and consequentially, also, that of the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLamb\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> of God (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 13:8 and Hebrews 9:26<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The Apostles also claimed to have been, with their master Yeshua the Messiah, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cchosen from the foundation of the world\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Ephesians 1:4, John 17:24, 1 Peter 1:20, and Hebrews 4:3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). This idea that the name of the messiah existing from since the foundation of the world, or from before creation appears to be a very <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker040\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">rabbinic concept. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This idea includes the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker041\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah\u2019s existence before Creation, the existence of his name, and his existence after the creation of the world. There are two passages from the Tanach that favor the view of the preexistence of the Messiah, (i) <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Micah 5:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> that speaks of the Bethlehemite ruler, saying that his <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cgoings forth have been from of old, from everlasting,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and (ii) <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Daniel 7:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> which speaks of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cone like the Son of man,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> who <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccame with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In the Messianic similitudes of the book of Enoch (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">37-71<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) these three preexistences are spoken of, (i) <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Messiah was chosen of God before the creation of the world, and he shall be before Him to eternity\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">48:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), (ii) Before the sun and the signs of the zodiac were created, or ever the stars of heaven were formed his name was uttered in the presence of the Lord of Spirits (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">48:3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and (iii) general statements that the Messiah was hidden and preserved by God (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">62:67, 46:1-4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), without any declaration as to when he came into existence. Thus, according to the Rabbis, the seven things fashioned before the creation of the world, included the name of the Messiah, and it is interesting to note that the Targum regards the preexistence of the Messiah\u2019s name as implied in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Micah 5:1, Zechariah 4:7, and Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. In addition to these things, the rabbinic literature (midrash) speaks of the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cSpirit of God\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> which <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cmoved upon the face of the waters\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 1:2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) is the spirit of the Messiah (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Rabbah Bereshit, Part 7, which reads alluding to Isaiah 11:2 saying, \u201cThe Messiah was born [created] when the world was made, although his existence had been contemplated before the Creation\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The preexistence of the Messiah in heaven and his high station there are often mentioned in the rabbinic literature as previously noted. The significant place the Messiah takes in Judaism is the reason Zacharias said what he did on the birth of his son in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 1:67-79<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-13\">Luke 1:67-79<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: 1:68 \u2018Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, 1:69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant 1:70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old 1:71 Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us; 1:72 To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant, 1:73 The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, 1:74 To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. 1:76 \u2018And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways; 1:77 To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins, 1:78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us, 1:79 To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Zacharias doubted the Lord and was stricken not able to talk until his baby boy was born. On his birth his tongue was let loose and he spoke prophetically about the Messiah. Note how Zacharias says \u201cwith which the sunrise from on high will visit us (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 1:78<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Does this not also sound like the opening to Midrash Tehillim 72, Part 4 on the Lord visiting in the morning? The <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker042\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">King Messiah would be sent by the Lord God according to His mercy to bring salvation to His people. The Messiah would be the one who judges the poor and the people, the one who brings justice to all, the one who saves the needy, and breaks the hold of the oppressor, who brings with Him the Righteousness of God for salvation\u2019s sake and to judge both the righteous and the unrighteous. The Apostolic Writings add that He brings with Him the wrath of God to those who do not know Him and do not want to have a part with Him and God\u2019s Kingdom. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Thessalonians 1:7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The Rabbinic literature according to the Midrashim brings with it a rich understanding of what the Messiah will do, His place and role in the plan of God to draw not just Israel but all of the nations of this earth to the Lord God in heaven. This is achieved only by reason of the tender mercy of our God. Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tehillim-72-Part1-and-2.pdf\">Tehillim 72-Part1-and-2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 72:1-20, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05e6\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05e7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05df-\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0: A Psalm of Solomon. 72:1 Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king\u2019s son. (NASB) Is David asking the Lord to judge him and to forgive his son? 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