Psalms Chapter 72 verse 6 Holy Bible
He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
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May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
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He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
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He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
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He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
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He will come down like rain on the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
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He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; i.e. softly and gently, bringing refreshment (comp. Deuteronomy 32:2; Isaiah 55:10, 11; and perhaps 2 Samuel 23:4). As showers that water the earth. The same idea as in the preceding clause (comp. Hosea 6:3).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) He shall come down.--The rule of the monarch is to be beneficent as the rain refreshing the earth, and covering it with blessings as with verdure. Under a similar image, David's last words (2Samuel 23:4) describe a good government.Mown grass.--The Hebrew word means "a shearing," and is used of a fleece (Judges 6:37; so here, LXX., Vulg., and Prayer Book version); of a hay crop (Amos 7:1). The reference here may be either to a "mown field," on which a shower would cause fresh grass to sprout, or to meadow grass ready for mowing.
