Psalms 72:16

¹⁴ He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.

¹⁵ Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.

¹⁷ May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

¹⁸ Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
ASV: There shall be abundance of grain 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.
DARBY: There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.
BLB: There shall be an abundance of grain in the land; on the top of the mountains it shall wave, its fruit like Lebanon; and the [people] of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

ÅB: Det skal bli overflod av korn i landet på fjellenes topp, dets frukt skal suse som Libanon, og det skal fremblomstre folk av byene som gresset på jorden.
OTB: Måtte det være overflod av korn på jorden, selv på fjelltoppene;
Dens frukt vil vaie som Libanons sedrer;
Og måtte de fra byen blomstre som jordens vegetasjon.
B1930: Det skal bli overflod av korn i landet på fjellenes topp, dets frukt skal suse som Libanon, og det skal fremblomstre folk av byene som gresset på jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 4:20
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
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Revelation 7:9
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
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Job 8:7
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
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Job 5:25
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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Isaiah 29:17
In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
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1 Corinthians 3:6–9
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
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Isaiah 30:23
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
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Mark 16:15–16
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
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