Psalms 72:3
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
In Context
2He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.
Cross References
Psalms 72:16There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.
Psalms 85:11Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.
Psalms 98:8Let the floods clap [their] hands; let the mountains sing for joy together,
Isaiah 32:17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that announceth glad tidings, that publisheth peace; that announceth glad tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Ezekiel 34:13And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the water-courses, and in all the habitable places of the country.
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 →