Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

72:18-20 Blessed Be the Lord (Doxology Concluding Book 2). This does not seem to be part of the psalm itself (see note on 41:13), and yet the prayer may the whole earth be filled with his glory is appropriate to the theme. "To be filled with God's glory" is to be a holy site of worship, where God makes his presence known (cf. Ex. 40:34-35; 1 Kings 8:10-11), and this prayer is that the whole earth be such a sanctuary (cf. note on Isa. 6:3). The prayers of David . . . are ended. This could refer to the psalm itself, but more likely refers to a stage in the collection of the Psalter (since there are Davidic psalms yet to come in Books 3-5).