For Kids · 4 min with a grown-up
Psalm 72 is a prayer asking God to help the king be good and fair — especially kind to people who are poor or hurting. It is a song about what a really good leader looks like.
Today's Story
What makes a really good king? This song is a big prayer asking God to help a king be the very best kind.
The prayer asks, “God, help the king be fair. Help him do what is right for everyone.” A good king doesn't just take care of rich and important people. He looks out for the ones who get forgotten.
So the prayer says, “Let the king help poor people. Let him be kind to children who have no one. When someone weak cries out for help, let him come and save them.”
The song uses a beautiful picture. It says a good king is like soft rain falling on the grass — he makes everything around him fresh and green and growing. Good kindness spreads, just like that.
The prayer hopes this goodness will spread far and wide, to every land, so that people everywhere can live in peace.
And at the very end, the song can't hold it in anymore. It bursts into praise: “Praise the Lord God! He alone does wonderful things. May the whole earth be filled with His goodness!”
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Talk About It
- This song asked the king to be kind to people who are forgotten. Who is someone at your school or in your neighborhood that other kids sometimes leave out?
- The song says a good leader is like rain that makes grass grow. What is one kind thing you could do that would help someone around you “grow” and feel happy?
- God is the most fair and kind King of all. How does it feel to know your King always cares about you, even on a small day?