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Psalms 72:16

May there be abundance of grain in the land; 1 on the mountaintops may their crops wave. 1 May the fruit of it be like Lebanon; 1 may the people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field. 1

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In The King James Version

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

In Context

15May he live! May the gold of Sheba be given to him. 1 May people always pray for him; 1 may God bless him all day long. 1

17May his name endure forever; 1 may his name continue as long as the sun; 1 may people be blessed in him; 1 may all nations call him blessed. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea. They were eating and drinking and were happy.

Job 8:7Even though your beginning was small, 1 still your final condition would be much greater. 1

Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like the palm tree; 1 they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 1

Isaiah 2:2It will be in the last days 1 that the mountain of Yahweh's house 1 will be established as the highest of the mountains, 1 and it will be raised up above the hills, 1 and all the nations will flow to it. 1

Isaiah 30:23He will give the rain for your seed when you sow the ground, 1 and bread with abundance from the ground, and the crops will be abundant. 1 In that day your cattle will graze in broad pastures. 1

Isaiah 32:20you who sow beside all the streams will be blessed, you who send out your ox and donkey to graze.

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 →

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Study Psalms 72:16

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