Psalms 72:6
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
In Context
5Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
7May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4Is even as the light of the morning when ariseth the sun,—A morning, without clouds, [As] from brightness, [and] from rain, the fresh shoots out of the earth.
Proverbs 16:15In the light of a king’s countenance, is life, and, his good-pleasure, is like the cloud of harvest-rain.
Isaiah 5:6And I will make it a waste;—It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns,—And upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will raise up over them one shepherd And he shall tend them, Even my servant David,— He, will tend them, And, he, will become to them a shepherd;
Hosea 14:5I will become as the dew unto Israel, he shall break forth as the lily,—and he shall strike his roots as Lebanon:
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 →