1 Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 He will judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 He will defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
he will crush the oppressor.
5 He will endure as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days the righteous will flourish;
prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.
8 He will rule from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
9 The desert tribes will bow before him
and his enemies will lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
will bring tribute to him;
the kings of Sheba and Seba
will present him gifts.
11 All kings will bow down to him
and all nations will serve him.
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence,
for precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he live!
May gold from Sheba be given him.
May people ever pray for him
and bless him all day long.
16 Let grain abound throughout the land;
on the tops of the hills may it sway.
Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon;
let it thrive like the grass of the field.
17 May his name endure forever;
may it continue as long as the sun.
All nations will be blessed through him,
and they will call him blessed.
18 Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and Amen.
20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.
From Psalm 72, we can have a good idea of what is meant by a godly king (or leader).
Characteristics of a godly king / leader 1. He is righteous in judging his people (verse 2a).
2. He will bring justice to the poor (verse 2b).
3. He will defend and protect the poor and their children (verse 4a).
4. He will crush those that oppress the poor (verse 4b).
5. The righteous people under his rule will flourish (verse 7a).
6. The whole land will enjoy tremendous prosperity (verse 7b).
7. Even leaders of other nations seek to please him and come under his authority (verses 9-11).
8. He will deliver the poor and needy (verse 12).
9. He will have compassion on the poor and needy (verse 13).
10. He will rescue the poor and needy from oppression and violence (verse 14).
Even though at this point, many of us are not great leaders of nations or companies, but I do believe that we can start working on having some of the above-mentioned characteristics. Let's ask God to change us.
Things to ponder
1. Out of the 10 characteristics mentioned, which are the ones that you really want to have when you become a leader in the future? Why?
2. Pray and ask God to help you grow in the characteristics that you have mentioned in the previous question.
3. Pray for the key leaders of Singapore - PM Lee, MM Lee, SM Goh and President Nathan - that they will have all of the 10 characteristics.
2 comments:
no.8 i want to be a good leader
father lord i pray
that you help me grow
to be leader that save the
needy in jesus name i pray amen
3. Pray for the key leaders of Singapore - PM Lee,MM Lee, SM Goh and President Nathan - that they will have all of the 10 characteristics.
father lord i pray that
the leaders of singapore
will serve the needs of the nation
and not let the nation suffer for their wrong doing and i pray that the next generation will rise up lord in jesus name i pray amen
1. Out of the 10 characteristics mentioned, which are the ones that you really want to have when you become a leader in the future? Why?
1. He is righteous in judging his people (verse 2a).
3. He will defend and protect the poor and their children (verse 4a).
6. The whole land will enjoy tremendous prosperity (verse 7b).
Being morally right in judging people would naturally win the favour of them and that would obviously make you a leader that every person want to work with - be it school or work.
Protecting the poor and helping the weak is somehow a follow-up to Choice no.1 because being someone who judges people morally right, would show your care and concern for the people - and further protecting the rights of these people who also gain one favour from the people and like what I have mentioned earlier, help one in their role of a leader.
In terms of prosperity, I do not only support the fact that a country would be abundant in her wealth but also in maintaining law and order. Being able to maintain law and order would nevertheless prevent riots and chaos like what occured in Singapore in the past.
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