Psalms 72:3
1 Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
2 May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
5 May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
- KJV
- The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
- WEB
- The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
- ASV
- The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
- DARBY
- The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
- BLB
- The mountains will carry peace to the people, and the hills justice.
- ÅB
- Fjellene skal bære fred for folket, og haugene for rettferdighets skyld.
- OTB
- Måtte fjellene bære fred for folket,
Og høydene, ved rettferdighet. - B1930
- Fjellene skal bære fred for folket, og haugene for rettferdighets skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:19–21
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Read in contextDaniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Read in contextJoel 3:18
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:13–14
I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
Read in contextPsalms 96:11–13
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:16–17
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
Read in contextPsalms 72:16
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.
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