Psalms 72:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 72:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The mountains shall bring peace to the people - The idea in this verse is that the land would be full of peace and the fruits of peace. All parts of it would be covered with the evidences that it...
Psalms 72:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (d) mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. (d) When justice reigns, even the places most barren will be enriched with your blessings.
Psalms 72:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

peace . prosperity.
Psalms 72:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. The mountains shall bring peace - Perhaps mountains and hills are here taken in their figurative sense, to signi...
Psalms 72:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The mountains shall bring peace— Peace is here used for that prosperity, ease, and plenty, which are the effects of peace; when the mountains and hills are cultivated and tilled, and so made capa...
Psalms 72:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. The mountains shall bring peace to the people. "Shall bring" - literally, shall lift up, in the sense pu...
Psalms 72:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.— A Psalm for (RV 'of') Solomon. The title in AV suggests that David is the writer, and Solomon the subject, of this Ps., but, as RV shows, the authorship is really ascribed to Solomon. The P...
Psalms 72:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 72:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 72:1-20 RIGHTLY or wrongly, the superscription ascribes this psalm to Solomon. Its contents have led several commentators to take the superscription in a meaning for which there is no warra...
Psalms 72:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“King of Kings” Psalms 72:1-11 Solomon's reign opened as a morning without clouds. Much of the imagery of this royal ode is derived from the circumstances of his life. Compare Psalms 72:1-4 w...
Psalms 72:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great psalm of the Theocracy. Incidentally the whole perfect order is revealed. God high over all enthroned, and in all actively governing. The king, appointed by God, and gaining his guida...
Psalms 72:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah had a similar commission, in speaking of Jesus and his gospel as the peace of God in Christ, when he declared that the very feet of them who were the preachers of it were beautiful; Isaiah 52...
Psalms 72:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The mountains shall bring peace to the people ,.... The people of God, as before. Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret this of the nations, and kings of the nations, comparable to mountains and hills, as...
Psalms 72:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. Ver. 3. The mountains shall bring peace ] i.e . They shall not be so pestered and infested by thieves and ro...
Psalms 72:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The mountains , &c. Which are so dangerous to passengers, on account of robbers or wild beasts, which commonly abide there; shall bring forth peace Shall be travelled over, or inhabited, with...
Psalms 72:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kingdom of Messiah. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains s...
Psalms 72:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He mentioneth the mountains and hills, as bringing forth this blessed fruit; either because such places are usually barren, and therefore this was an evidence of extraordinary fruitfulness, and a...
Psalms 72:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm for Solomon .” Margin: “Of Solomon.” Hengstenberg: “Solomon is named in the title as the author of the Psalm. Attempts have been made, to no purpose, to in...
Psalms 72:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 72:1 . Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. «Give the king thy judgments, O God.» The right to reign was transmitted by descent from David to Solo...
Psalms 72:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Hebrew doctors have transmitted this psalm as the last that David composed. It was sung at the inauguration of Solomon to the throne, when Zadok had anointed him to be king over Israel, and when...
Psalms 72:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king’s son. The world-wanted king Society cannot exist without laws: these laws require to be expressed and enforced, and whoe...
Psalms 72:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE "title" attributes this psalm to Solomon, and the contents of the psalm are very favourable to his authorship. The prayer in Psalms 72:1-19 is an echo of that recorded in 1 K...
Psalms 72:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Majestic Reign of the Messiah. A psalm for Solomon, composed by Solomon; for he, under whose wise reign Israel reached the summit of its glory and power and was filled with the blessings of th...
Psalms 72:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:19-21 ; Daniel 9:24 ; Ezekiel 34:13 ; Ezekiel 34:14 ; Isaiah 32:16 ; Isaiah 32:17 ; Isaiah 52:7 ; Joel 3:18 ; Psalms 65:12 ; Psalms 72:16 ; Psalms 85:1 ; Psalms 85:10
Psalms 72:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The mountains — Which are so dangerous to passengers, in regard of robbers and wild beasts. Hereby it is implied, that other places should do so too, and that it should be common and universal.

Psalms 72:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 72:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 72:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 72:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 72:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 72:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 72:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 72:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 72:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 72:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 72:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 72:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 72:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 72:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 72:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 72:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes