Tree of Life Version
Psalms 72:16
16Let there be abundance of grain in the land. Let it sway on the top of the hills, let its fruit be like Lebanon, and let people of the city flourish like grass of the field.
Psalms 72:16 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field!
- New King James Version (NKJV)There will be an abundance of grain in the earth, On the top of the mountains; Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon; And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Context of Psalms 72:16
14From oppression and violence he redeems their soul, for precious is their blood in his sight. 15Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given to him. May he pray for him continually, and bless him all day. Let there be abundance of grain in the land. Let it sway on the top of the hills, let its fruit be like Lebanon, and let people of the city flourish like grass of the field. 17May his name endure forever. May his name increase before the sun, and may all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed. 18Blessed be Adonai Elohim, God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
Read all of Psalms 72Psalms 72:16 word by word
יְהִ֤י פִסַּת־בַּ֨ר׀ בָּאָרֶץ֮ בְּרֹ֪אשׁ הָ֫רִ֥ים יִרְעַ֣שׁ כַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן פִּרְי֑וֹ וְיָצִ֥יצוּ מֵ֝עִ֗יר כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- There shall be an handfulפִּסָּהpissâh · abundanceH6451
- of cornבַּרbâr bar · grainH1250
- in the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- upon the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
- of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
- thereof shall shakeרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
- like Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
- of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- shall flourishצוּץtsûts · to blossomH6692
- like grassעֵ֫שֶׂב‛eώeb · vegetationH6212
Cross-references for Psalms 72:16
- Job 8:7And though your beginning was small, your future would flourish.
- Isaiah 30:23Then He will give you rain for your seed, which you will sow in the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed in wide-open pasture.
- Isaiah 32:15until the Ruach is poured out on us from on high, and the desert becomes a garden, and a garden seems like a forest.
- Matthew 13:31He presented to them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
- Mark 16:15He told them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.
- Acts 1:15In those days, Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (the number of names all together was about a hundred and twenty) and said,
- Acts 2:41So those who received his message were immersed, and that day about three thousand souls were added.
- Acts 4:4But many who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
- Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a vast multitude that no one could count—from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues—was standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands
- Isaiah 2:2It will come to pass in the last days that the mountain of Adonai’s House will stand firm as head of the mountains and will be exalted above the hills. So all nations will flow to it.
- Psalms 92:12My eye can gaze on those lying in wait for me. My ears hear about evildoers rising up against me.
- Isaiah 29:17Will it not be just a very little while before Lebanon turns into a garden, and a garden will seem like a forest?
- Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a lily.
- Hosea 14:5“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger will turn away from him.
- Psalms 72:6May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the ground.
Commentaries on Psalms 72:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16There shall be a handful of corn - The earth shall be exceedingly fruitful. Even a handful of corn sown on the top of a mountain shall grow up strong and vigorous; and it shall be, in reference to crops in other times as the cedars of Lebanon are to common trees or shrubs: and as the earth will bring forth in handfuls, so the people shall be multiplied who are to consume this great produce. And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16There shall be an handful of corn - “Of grain,” for so the word means in the Scriptures. The “general” idea in this verse is plain. It is, that, in the time of the Messiah, there would be an ample supply of the fruits of the earth; or that his reign would tend to the promotion of prosperity, industry, abundance. It would be as if fields of grain waved everywhere, even on the tops of mountains, or as if the hills were cultivated to the very summit, so that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-17Verses 2-17 This is a prophecy of the kingdom of Christ; many passages in it cannot be applied to the reign of Solomon. There were righteousness and peace at first in the administration of his government; but, before the end of his reign, there were troubles and unrighteousness. The kingdom here spoken of is to last as long as the sun, but Solomon's was soon at an end. Even the Jewish expositors understood it of the kingdom of the Messiah. Observe many…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16the forests of Lebanon: Lebanon was famous for its wood (see study note on 2 Chronicles 2:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. The spiritual blessings, as often in Scripture, are set forth by material, the abundance of which is described by a figure, in which a "handful" (or literally, "a piece," or small portion) of corn in the most unpropitious locality, shall produce a crop, waving in the wind in its luxuriant growth, like the forests of Lebanon. they of the city ... earth--This clause denotes the rapid and abundant increase of population-- of--or, "from" the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 72
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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