Psalms 72:6
Therefore pride has possessed them; 1 They have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
In Context
5They are not in the troubles of other men; 1 And they shall not be scourged with other men. 1
7Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: 1 They have fulfilled their intention. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, 1 From the light of which the Lord passed on, 1 And as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth. 1
Proverbs 16:15The son of a king is in the light of life; 1 And they that are in favor with him are as a cloud of latter rain. 1
Isaiah 5:6And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them, even my servant David, and he shall be their shepherd;
Hosea 14:5I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.
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 →