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Psalms 72:3
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Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
The mountaines & the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.
May the mountains bring well-being to the peopleand the hills, righteousness.
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people; The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
Let there be peace and justice throughout the land, known on every mountain and hill.
The mountains will bring peace and prosperity to the people, And the hills, in [the establishment of] righteousness.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
Let peace and justice rule every mountain and hill.
May mountains and hills provide your people with peace through righteousness.
Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.
Bee thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast giuen commandement to saue mee, for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.
Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
Let the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills in righteousness.
The mountains will lift up peace to the people, and the little hills through righteousness.
Let there be peace on the mountains and goodness on the hills for the people.
The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.
The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness.
May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful.
Let mountains and hills bring peace to the people through what is right and good.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills be laden with righteousness;
(71-3) Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.
The mountains shall bring peace to thy people, and the hills thy righteousness.
May the land enjoy prosperity; may it experience righteousness.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
The mountaynes also and hylles: shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse.
May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
Mounteyns resseyue pees to the puple; and litle hillis resseyue riytfulnesse.
The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people; The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.
That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people.
Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
Let the mountains lift up peace to the people,And the hills, in righteousness.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
mountains: Psalms 72:16, Isaiah 32:16, Isaiah 32:17, Isaiah 52:7, Ezekiel 34:13, Ezekiel 34:14, Joel 3:18
little: Psalms 65:12
by righteousness: Psalms 85:10, Psalms 85:11, Psalms 96:11-13, Psalms 98:8, Psalms 98:9, Daniel 9:24, 2 Corinthians 5:19-21
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:20 - eating 1 Kings 4:24 - had peace Psalms 29:11 - bless Psalms 85:13 - Righteousness Isaiah 2:4 - neither Isaiah 9:6 - The Prince of Peace Isaiah 45:8 - Drop down Isaiah 60:18 - Violence Isaiah 61:11 - so Isaiah 66:12 - I will Zechariah 8:12 - prosperous Zechariah 9:10 - he shall 2 Thessalonians 3:16 - the Lord of
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The mountains shall bring peace to the people,.... The people of God, as before. Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret this of the nations, and kings of the nations, comparable to mountains and hills, as in Micah 6:1; that should make peace with Israel in the days of Solomon, and in the days of the King Messiah. Jarchi, of the abundance of fruit the mountains and hills should bring forth; so that there would be no contention among men about gathering it; but everyone would invite his neighbour to partake thereof, according to Zechariah 3:10, and so the Midrash p. The Targum explains it of the inhabitants of the mountains; and may be applied to the churches of Christ, comparable to the mountains for their firmness and stability, Isaiah 2:2; and to the abundance of peace, holiness, and righteousness, that should be found in them in the times of Christ; or to the ministers of the Gospel, whose feet are beautiful, upon the mountains publishing peace and salvation by Christ, Isaiah 52:7;
and the little hills by righteousness: that is, shall bring peace, by or with righteousness, the righteousness of Christ; the effect of which is spiritual peace and joy, Romans 5:1.
p In Yalkut Simeoni, ut supra. (par. 2. fol. 112. 2.)
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The mountains shall bring peace to the people - The idea in this verse is that the land would be full of peace and the fruits of peace. All parts of it would be covered with the evidences that it was a land of quietness and security, where people could pursue their callings in safety, and enjoy the fruit of their labors. On the mountains and on all the little hills in the land there would be abundant harvests, the result of peace (so strongly in contrast with the desolations of war) - all showing the advantages of a peaceful reign. It is to be remembered that Judea is a country abounding in hills and mountains, and that a great part of its former fertility resulted from terracing the hills, and cultivating them as far as possible toward the summit. The idea here is, that one who should look upon the land - who could take in at a glance the whole country - would see those mountains and hills cultivated in the most careful manner, and everywhere bringing forth the productions of peace. Compare Psalms 65:11-13. See also the notes at Psalms 85:11-12.
And the little hills, by righteousness - That is, By the prevalence of righteousness, or under a reign of righteousness, the little hills would furnish illustrations of the influence of a reign of peace. Everywhere there would be the effects of a reign of peace. The whole land would be cultivated, and there would be abundance. Peace always produces these blessings; war always spreads desolation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 72:3. The mountains shall bring peace — Perhaps mountains and hills are here taken in their figurative sense, to signify princes and petty governors; and it is a prediction that all governors of provinces and magistrates should administer equal justice in their several departments and jurisdictions; so that universal peace should be preserved, and the people be every where prosperous; for shalom signifies both peace and prosperity, for without the former the latter never existed.
But what is the meaning of "the little hills by righteousness?" Why, it has no meaning: and it has none, because it is a false division of the verse. The word בצדקה bitsedakah, in righteousness, at the end of verse Psalms 72:3, should begin verse Psalms 72:4, and then the sense will be plain. Ver. Psalms 72:3: "The mountains and the hills shall bring prosperity to the people." Ver. Psalms 72:4: "In righteousness he shall judge the poor of the people: he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor."
The effects, mentioned in the fourth verse, show that King Solomon should act according to the law of his God; and that all officers, magistrates, and governors, should minister equal rights through every part of the land. The Septuagint has the true division: Αναλαβετω τα ορη ειρηνην τῳ λαῳ σου, και οἱ βουνοι· Εν δικαιοσυνῃ κρινει τους πτωχους του λαου, κ. τ. λ. "The mountains shall bring peace to thy people, and the hills: In righteousness shall he judge the poor of thy people," &c.
