Psalms 72:6 Cross References - ISV

⁶ May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.

² May my instructions descend like rain and may my words flow like dew, as light rain upon the grass, and as showers upon new plants.

⁴ He is like dawn’s first light, like bright sun blazing on a cloudless morning, glistening on grassland that flourishes after a rain shower.

¹⁰ You fill the furrows of the field with water so that their ridges overflow. You soften them with rain showers; their sprouts you have blessed.

¹⁵ When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.

¹² The king’s anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.

⁶ I’ll make it a wasteland, and it won’t be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I’ll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it.”

³ At the time, when the LORD gives you rest from your suffering, turmoil, and the cruel bondage which they forced you to serve, ⁴ you will lift up this song of mockery against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has come to an end! How the attacker has ceased! ⁵ The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

²³ God’s Shepherd: His Servant David“‘Then I’ll install one shepherd for them—my servant David—and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd. ²⁴ I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will rule among them as Prince.’ I, the LORD, have spoken this.
²⁵ “I’m going to enter into a covenant with them, one of peace, and I’ll eliminate wild beasts from the land so they can live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests. ²⁶ I’m going to make them and everything that surrounds my hill a blessing. I’ll send down the rain! At the appropriate time there will be a rainstorm of blessing!

³ Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ Israel’s branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon. ⁷ Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel’s scent will be like wine from Lebanon.