WILL you kindly tell me, at your leisure, what you think the meaning of the words are, “Prayer also shall be made for Him continually; and daily shall He be praised”? (Psalm 72:1515And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. (Psalm 72:15).) ―S.
The difficulty in the mind of the enquirer we judge is, how, if we regard the psalm to be a description of the reign of Christ, that “prayer” could be made for Him who is God over all. We should, however, remember that our Lord Jesus will reign over the earth still as in subjection to His God and Father, though sitting on His own throne, and reigning before His ancients gloriously. Jehovah says of Him, in the second psalm, “Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion.” We understand the force of the prayer in question to be this, that at the time when every knee is bowing to Christ, and all know the Lord, from the least to the greatest, there will be adoring worship to Him, and a constant desire animating the heart for His exaltation and honor. Regarding Him—as they will do—as the fruit of David’s loins, that Jehovah promised should sit upon David’s throne, when they are really beholding the King in His beauty, He will not only be the object of constant praise, but of desire also, that His name be continually exalted.
When the Jews crucified the Lord of glory, they thought they were carrying out the law of Moses in thus disposing of Him as a blasphemer. They said, “He hath spoken blasphemy;” and when Pilate hesitated to pass sentence, they said, “We have a law, and by our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.” So now, in their present state of ignorance and unbelief, the Jews regard Him as thus having been stricken and smitten of God for His own evil. But by-and-by, when the Spirit of God removes the scales from their eyes, and they repent, they will utter this very touching language of the prophet, “He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace (or the chastisement which purchased our peace) was upon Him, and with His stripes we ARE HEALED.”