Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. New Living Translation May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful. English Standard Version Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness! Berean Standard Bible May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness. King James Bible The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. New King James Version The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. New American Standard Bible May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. NASB 1995 Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. NASB 1977 Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills in righteousness. Legacy Standard Bible Let the mountains lift up peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. Amplified Bible The mountains will bring peace and prosperity to the people, And the hills, in [the establishment of] righteousness. Christian Standard Bible May the mountains bring well-being to the people and the hills, righteousness. Holman Christian Standard Bible May the mountains bring prosperity to the people and the hills, righteousness. American Standard Version The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The mountains will bring peace to your people, and the hill of your righteousness. Brenton Septuagint Translation Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people: Contemporary English Version Let peace and justice rule every mountain and hill. Douay-Rheims Bible Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice. English Revised Version The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness. GOD'S WORD® Translation May the mountains bring peace to the people and the hills bring righteousness. Good News Translation May the land enjoy prosperity; may it experience righteousness. International Standard Version May the mountains bring prosperity to the people and the hills bring righteousness. JPS Tanakh 1917 Let the mountains bear peace to the people, And the hills, through righteousness. Literal Standard Version The mountains bear peace to the people, | And the heights by righteousness. Majority Standard Bible May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness. New American Bible That the mountains may yield their bounty for the people, and the hills great abundance, NET Bible The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice. New Revised Standard Version May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. New Heart English Bible The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Endow the King with Your Justice…2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice. 3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness. 4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.… Cross References Psalm 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace. Psalm 85:10 Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war. Isaiah 9:5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. Treasury of Scripture The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. mountains Psalm 72:16 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. Isaiah 32:16,17 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field… Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! little Psalm 65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. righteousness Psalm 85:10,11 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other… Psalm 96:11-13 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof… Psalm 98:8,9 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together … Jump to Previous Bear Fruit Heights Hills Little Mountains Peace Prosperity RighteousnessJump to Next Bear Fruit Heights Hills Little Mountains Peace Prosperity RighteousnessPsalm 72 1. David, praying for Solomon, shows the goodness and glory of God's kingdom18. He blessed God (3) The mountains . . .--Better, literally, Let the mountains and the hills bring forth to the people peace in (or by) righteousness. This imperative sense, instead of the future, is by most modern commentators preserved throughout the psalm. The LXX. give it here and in Psalm 72:17, but else use the future. The verb here employed (properly meaning "lift up") is used in Ezekiel 17:8, for "bearing fruit," and in Isaiah 32:17 peace is described as the natural work or fruit of righteousness. (Comp. Psalm 85:10.) For the same prominence given to its hills as the characteristic feature of Palestine, a land which is "not only mountainous, but a heap of mountains," comp. Joel 3:18. . . . Verse 3. - The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. Through the general establishment prominent features.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew May the mountainsהָרִ֓ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country bring יִשְׂא֤וּ (yiś·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take peace שָׁ֘ל֥וֹם (šā·lō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace to the people לָעָ֑ם (lā·‘ām) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and the hills וּ֝גְבָע֗וֹת (ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1389: A hillock [bring] righteousness. בִּצְדָקָֽה׃ (biṣ·ḏā·qāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively Links Psalm 72:3 NIVPsalm 72:3 NLT Psalm 72:3 ESV Psalm 72:3 NASB Psalm 72:3 KJV Psalm 72:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 72:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 72:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 72:3 French Bible Psalm 72:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 72:3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to (Psalm Ps Psa.) |