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72:8-11 May All the Kings of the Earth Serve Him. The blessing is to go beyond the borders of Israel: by submitting to the Davidic king, the Gentile kings bring themselves and their peoples under God's own rule (see note on 2:10-12). Verses 8-10 of Psalm 72 give examples of places in the world as the ancient Israelites knew it, as parts of the world standing for the whole world. From sea to sea is as far as the land extends (cf. Amos 8:12). The River is the Euphrates (see ESV footnote). Desert tribes . . . Sheba and Seba refer to inhabitants of the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa.