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Psalms 72:7
May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist prays for the king’s reign, placing this petition between requests for life-giving rain and universal dominion. The words — יִפְרַח (yif.rach) literally means “he will flourish,” and שָׁלוֹם (Sha.Lom) denotes “well-being.” The thread — The flourishing righteous appears in Psalms 92:12, while the enduring peace implied here parallels the nations’ transformation in Isaiah 2:4. Why it lands — The text describes a reign where justice and peace outlast the moon’s cycles, asking readers to expect sustained righteousness rather than fleeting prosperity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Psalms 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Isaiah 60:22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
- Isaiah 54:11 “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
- Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- 1 Kings 4:25 Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- 1 Chronicles 22:8 but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
- Psalms 132:15 I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.