Psalms 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 72 connects to 10 cross-references. A royal psalm of Solomon — or for Solomon — praying for the king to have divine justice, care for the poor and oppressed, and dominion from sea to sea. Distant kings are to bring tribute; the poor are to …
Other Translations
He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers--sprinkling the earth.
May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
Cross References
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the …
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as …
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the …
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and …
And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and …
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall …
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower …