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psalms 72:16

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Psalms 72:16

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Psalms 72:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 72:16

Theological / Devotional

Corn. Grain (see on Ps. 65:9).

Top of the mountains. Many cultivated fields in Palestine were terraced up to the tops of the mountains.

Like Lebanon. A picture of the fields of grain on the high elevations, rustling in the breeze like the swaying cedars on Mt. Lebanon (see on Ps. 29:5).

They of the city Prosperity will abound everywhere, in the open places of the mountains and in cities.

Like grass.. Compare the picture of prosperity in Solomon’s time (1 Kings 4:20).

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