Psalms 72:16
I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
17until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were innumerable, like the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
Job 8:7so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
Isaiah 2:2And in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the summit of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall flow to it.
Isaiah 30:23And wherever you sow seed upon the earth, rain will be given to the seed. And bread from the grain of the earth will be very plentiful and full. In that day, the lamb will pasture in the spacious land of your possession.
Isaiah 32:20Blessed are you who sow over any waters, sending the feet of the ox and the donkey there.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 72:3-18
The Kingdom of Messiah. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous… Read the whole commentary →