Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 72:15

"And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They shall bless him all the day long." — Psalms 72:15 (ASV)

And he shall ...: Literally, And he shall live, and shall give him of the gold of Sheba, and pray for him continually; every day shall he bless him. This can only refer to the man whose protection from harm and redemption from fraud and violence is mentioned in the previous verse. The subject under the just government of the monarch will live, and will bring to his benefactor daily blessing, as well as rich gifts, with the gold of Sheba, and “with true prayers that shall be up at heaven, and enter there.”

The Prayer Book version, “prayer shall be made to him,” is quite inadmissible.

Gold of Sheba: i.e. , of Arabia (as in the Prayer Book). A Greek historian (Agatharchides), writing of the Sabaeans, gives an admiring account of the quantity of gold used in adorning and furnishing their houses. This wealth was probably acquired by commerce with India.