Psalm 72:2
“He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 72Meaning
Within “Justice for the king and the poor,” verse 2 prays that the king judge the people fairly and give the poor an equally righteous hearing; this detail advances the unit's argument and should not be detached from the whole psalm.
Read carefully
Read Psalm 72:2 inside its literary unit and the movement of Psalm 72; its imagery and claims are constrained by that context.
Reflection
Respond to the verse's specific emphasis — prays that the king judge the people fairly and give the poor an equally righteous hearing — while reading it together with the surrounding lines of Psalm 72.