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Psalms 72:16

There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

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

15And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him.

17His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

Job 8:7And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.

Psalms 92:12The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

Isaiah 2:2And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.

Isaiah 30:23And He hath given rain [for] thy seed, With which thou dost sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it hath been fat and plenteous, Enjoy do thy cattle in that day an enlarged pasture.

Isaiah 32:20Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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