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Psalms 72:6 — King James Version← Study notes

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.


Psalms 72:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 72:67 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵ֭רֵדyērēd
he will come downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
כְּ/מָטָ֣רkəmāṭār
like rainpronH4306
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
גֵּ֑זgēz
mown grassnounH1488
mowing · mown grass
כִּ֝/רְבִיבִ֗יםkirəbiybiym
like copious showerspronH7241
זַרְזִ֥יףzarəziyp
dropping ofnounH2222
אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 72:6

1. “For Salomon” indeed this Psalm's title is fore-noted: but things are spoken of therein which could not apply to that Salomon king of Israel after the flesh, according to those things which holy Scripture speaks concerning him: but they can most pertinently apply to the Lord Christ. Whence it is perceived, that the very word Salomon is used in a figurative sense, so that in him Christ is to be taken. For Salomon is interpreted peace-maker: and on this account such a word…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 72 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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