Psalms 72:16
And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted : and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Kings 4:20Juda and Israel were innumerable, as the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
Job 8:7Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
Psalms 92:12My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.
Isaiah 2:2And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 30:23And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:
Isaiah 32:20Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
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 →