Psalm 72:6

Modern English Version

May he descend like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning with no clouds, gleaming after the rain like grass from the land.

Psalm 65:10

You water its furrows abundantly; You settle its ridges; You make it soft with showers; You bless its growth.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favor is like a cloud of a spring rain.

Proverbs 19:12

The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste: It shall not be pruned or dug, but briers and thorns shall come up. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain; like the spring rains He will water the earth.

Micah 5:6

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at her gates; He will rescue us from Assyria, when he enters our land and when he treads within our border.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will distill as the dew, as the droplets on the grass, and as the showers on the herb.