Psalms 72:7
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace [shall be] till the moon shall be no more.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
In Context
6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers which are dropping on the earth.
8And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:25(5:5) And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba', all the days of Solomon.
1 Chronicles 22:8But there came concerning me the word of the Lord, saying, Blood in abundance hast thou shed, and great wars hast thou made: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because much blood hast thou shed upon the earth before me.
Psalms 92:12(92:13) The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree: like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high.
Isaiah 2:4And he will judge among the nations, and decide for many people; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall not learn any more war.
Isaiah 11:6And the wolf shall dwell with the sheep, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling [shall be] together, and a little boy shall lead them.
Isaiah 32:15Until a spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be changed into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be accounted as a forest.
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 →