Psalms 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
In Context
5They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
7In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Proverbs 16:15In the light of a king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Hosea 14:5I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth 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 →