Psalms 72:3
Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 72:16And 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.
Psalms 85:11Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.
Psalms 98:8The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice together
Isaiah 32:17And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: of him that sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall reign!
Ezekiel 34:13And I will bring them out from the peoples, and will gather them out of the countries, and will bring them to their own land: and I will feed them in the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the habitations of the land.
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 →