Psalms 72:3

New Living Translation

May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Let the mountains lift up peace to the people,And the hills, in righteousness.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The mountaynes also and hylles: shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse.

Darby Translation
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.

New King James Version
The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness.

Literal Translation
The mountains will lift up peace to the people, and the little hills through righteousness.

Easy-to-Read Version
Let there be peace and justice throughout the land, known on every mountain and hill.

World English Bible
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people; The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

King James Version (1611)
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.

King James Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people.

Amplified Bible
The mountains will bring peace and prosperity to the people, And the hills, in [the establishment of] righteousness.

American Standard Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

Bible in Basic English
May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

Update Bible Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

New English Translation
The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

Contemporary English Version
Let peace and justice rule every mountain and hill.

Complete Jewish Bible
May mountains and hills provide your people with peace through righteousness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The mountaines & the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.

George Lamsa Translation
The mountains shall bring peace to thy people, and the hills thy righteousness.

Hebrew Names Version
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people; The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.

New Life Bible
Let mountains and hills bring peace to the people through what is right and good.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:

English Revised Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible
May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

New Revised Standard
May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills be laden with righteousness;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(71-3) Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.

Lexham English Bible
Let the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills in righteousness.

English Standard Version
Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!

New American Standard Bible
May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

New Century Version
Let there be peace on the mountains and goodness on the hills for the people.

Good News Translation
May the land enjoy prosperity; may it experience righteousness.

Christian Standard Bible®
May the mountains bring prosperity to the people and the hills, righteousness.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mounteyns resseyue pees to the puple; and litle hillis resseyue riytfulnesse.

Young's Literal Translation
The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

Revised Standard Version
Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!

Contextual Overview

² Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly. ³ May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful. ⁴ Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors. ⁵ May they fear you as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains in the sky. Yes, forever! ⁶ May the king's rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth. ⁷ May all the godly flourish during his reign. May there be abundant prosperity until the moon is no more. ⁸ May he reign from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. ⁹ Desert nomads will bow before him; his enemies will fall before him in the dust. ¹⁰ The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts. ¹¹ All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.

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.