Psalms 72:3
The mountains shall bear peace for the people, and the hills [the same], through righteousness.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
In Context
2He shall decide for thy people with righteousness, and for thy afflicted with justice.
Cross References
Psalms 72:16There shall be an abundance of corn in the land; upon the top of the mountains its fruit shall shake like [the trees of] Lebanon; and [men] shall blossom out of the city like herbs of the earth.
Psalms 85:11(85:12) Truth will grow up out of the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.
Psalms 98:8Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains be joyful together,
Isaiah 32:17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and security for ever.
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful are upon the mountains the feet of the messenger of good tidings, that publisheth peace, that announceth tidings of happiness, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth.
Ezekiel 34:13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited 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 →