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Psalms 72:6
Psalms 72:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 72, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
King James Version
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
World English Bible
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
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Psalms 72:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
5 May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
6 May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
7 May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
8 May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
Proverbs 16:15When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Isaiah 14:3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
Isaiah 14:5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:24I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:7They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.