Psalms 72:7
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Psalms 72:7 in other translations
| BSB | May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more. |
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| WEB | In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. |
| ASV | In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more. |
| YLT | Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not. |
| DARBY | In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more. |
| BBE | In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven. |
| Webster | In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. |
What does Psalms 72:7 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 72:2-17
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…
Psalms 72:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 72:7
- Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
- Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Psalms 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Isaiah 60:22
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
- Isaiah 54:11-17
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. …
- Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
- Luke 1:33
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
- Isaiah 32:3-8
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. …
- Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
- Acts 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- Isaiah 35:1-10
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. …
- 1 Chronicles 22:8-9
But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
132:15-18; Isa 11:6-9; 32:3-8,15-20; 35:1-10; 54:11-17; 55:10-13
Isa 60:1,22; 61:3-6,10,11; Mal 4:2; Ac 4:32
abundance.
1Ki 4:25; 1Ch 22:8,9; Isa 2:4; 9:6,7; Da 2:44; Lu 1:33; 2:14
Eph 2:14-17
so long as the moon endureth. Heb. till there be no moon.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Psalms 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
- Psalms 72:7
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
- Psalms 72:8
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Psalms 72:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Florecerá en sus días justicia, y muchedumbre de paz, hasta que no haya luna. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En ses jours le juste fleurira, et il y aura abondance de paix, jusqu’à ce qu’il n’y ait plus de lune. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In seinen Tagen wird der Gerechte blühen, und Fülle von Frieden wird sein, bis der Mond nicht mehr ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Prodiit quasi ex adipe iniquitas eorum; transierunt in affectum cordis. |