Text: Psalms 72:17
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 18:18
Subject: Abrahamic blessing (B)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Psalm 72:17 — "all nations will be blessed through him" — echoes Genesis 18:18 where God declares "Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him (וְנִבְרְכוּ בוֹ, venivrekhu vo)." The Genesis passage reaffirms the Abrahamic blessing in the context of God's intimate revelation to Abraham before Sodom's destruction. The psalm applies this universal blessing formula to the Davidic king, creating a theological bridge: the blessing promised through Abraham's seed is now channeled through the royal line. Genesis 18:18 adds the element of Abraham's responsibility to "direct his children" in righteousness — a moral dimension that Psalm 72 reflects in its portrait of the king who "judges the poor with justice."
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Text: Genesis 18:18
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 72:17
Subject: Nations Bless Him
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Genesis 18:18 promises that through Abraham "all the nations of the earth will be blessed," using the Niphal/Hithpael of בָּרַךְ (barak) with כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ (kol goyey ha'arets, "all the nations of the earth"). Psalm 72:17 applies this identical formula to the ideal Davidic king: "In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed." By transferring the Abrahamic blessing language to the royal figure, the psalmist identifies the Davidic king as the channel through whom the patriarchal promise reaches the nations. This royal reinterpretation concentrates the universal blessing in a single kingly mediator whose reign brings justice to the poor, abundance to the land, and worship from all peoples.