The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 72:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

He shall judge the poor of the people. Not exclusively, but especially. The unjust rulers and judges of Israel neglected this duty. They judge not the fatherless … and the right of the needy do they not judge" (Jeremiah 5:28; see also Isaiah 1:23; Zechariah 7:10).

He shall save the children of the needy. He shall preserve them, i.e; from oppression and wrong. And shall break in pieces the oppressor. (On God's hatred of oppression and oppressors, see Exodus 3:9; Le Exodus 25:14; Job 27:13; Psalms 12:5; Isaiah 16:14, etc.

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