We wish this were always true as a proposition, and we ought to make it
our prayer for kings, and all in authority, that a divine sentence may
be in their lips, both in giving orders, that they may do that in
wisdom, and in giving sentence, that they may do that in equity, both
which are included in judgment, and that in neither their mouth may
transgress, 1 Tim. ii. 1. But it is often otherwise; and therefore, 1.
It may be read as a precept to the kings and judges of the earth to be
wise and instructed. Let them be just, and rule in the fear of God; let
them act with such wisdom and conscience that there may appear a holy
divination in all they say or do, and that they are guided by
principles supernatural: let not their mouths transgress in judgment,
for the judgment is God's. 2. It may be taken as a promise to all good
kings, that if they sincerely aim at God's glory, and seek direction
from him, he will qualify them with wisdom and grace above others, in
proportion to the eminency of their station and the trusts lodged in
their hands. When Saul himself was made king God gave him another
spirit. 3. It was true concerning Solomon who wrote this; he had
extraordinary wisdom, pursuant to the promise God made him, See 1 Kings
iii. 28.