Psalms 72:3
Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
In Context
2That he may judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with justice.
4May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
Cross References
Psalms 72:16May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth.
Psalms 85:11(85-12) Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
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 confidence for ever.
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, that announceth peace, the harbinger of good tidings, that announceth 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 into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the streams, 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 →