Psalm 72:3 “May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring right…”

Psalm 72:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The mountaines and the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

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Cross references

“mountains”

Isaiah 52:7 Psalm 72:16 Joel 3:18 Isaiah 32:16 Isaiah 32:17 Ezekiel 34:13

Isaiah 52:7 · BSB

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!”

Psalm 72:16 · 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, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

Joel 3:18 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 32:16 · BSB

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

Isaiah 32:17 · BSB

The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

Ezekiel 34:13 · BSB

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.

“little”

Psalm 65:12

Psalm 65:12 · BSB

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

“by righteousness”

2 Corinthians 5:19–21 Psalm 96:11–13 Daniel 9:24 Psalm 85:10 Psalm 85:11 Psalm 98:8

2 Corinthians 5:19–21 · BSB

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.

Psalm 96:11–13 · BSB

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.

Daniel 9:24 · BSB

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 t…

Psalm 85:10 · BSB

Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Psalm 85:11 · BSB

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Psalm 98:8 · BSB

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

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