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Advent Season · Second Sunday of Advent · Year A

Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 (cf. 7)

December 7, 2025

The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Edward Poynter
The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Edward Poynter, 1890Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney · public domain
Roman Lectionary
GospelMatt. 3:1-12
First ReadingIsa. 11:1-10
Responsorial PsalmPs. 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 (cf. 7)
Second ReadingRom. 15:4-9

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Commentary

Psalm 72 Commentaries Bible Hub

Collected classic commentaries on the messianic king of justice and peace in Psalm 72.

Psalm 72 Bible Commentary Enduring Word

Verse-by-verse treatment of the royal psalm used as the response for the Second Sunday of Advent.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 72:1 Interlinear Bible Hub

Hebrew interlinear for the psalm's prayer that the king judge with God's own justice.

Psalms 72 Sefaria

Hebrew-English text of Psalm 72, the coronation psalm read for this Sunday's response.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 72 Catena Bible

Patristic catena reading Psalm 72's just king as a figure of Christ, fitting the Advent response.

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