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Psalm 72:6
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
5They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
6He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
7In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
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Rain on mown grass pictures a king whose rule sustains life, awakening hope for authority that helps the people under its care flourish.
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Hosea 6:3Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the …Both compare someone's coming to rain that waters the earth: the king in the psalm and the LORD in Hosea.
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.Both use rain falling on grass to describe a welcome gift, whether the king's coming or teaching received like showers.
Isaiah 45:8Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to …Both use rain reaching the earth as an image of flourishing, with Isaiah naming righteousness and salvation as the growth.
Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains …Both compare a coming presence to rain, and their surrounding words connect that rain with righteousness.
Micah 5:7The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man nor wait for the sons of men.Both use showers on grass as a comparison, describing the king's coming in the psalm and Jacob's remnant among peoples in Micah.
Acts 2:17‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see …The connection is limited to imagery of descent and pouring: the psalm describes rain, while Acts speaks of God pouring out his Spirit.
Proverbs 16:15In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.Both compare a king's beneficial presence or favor to rain that sustains life.
2 Samuel 23:4shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after …Both draw on rain and growing grass to portray conditions in which life flourishes.
Job 29:23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.Both compare a person's welcome influence to rain, with Job describing people waiting for his words like spring showers.
Hosea 14:5–7I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.Both picture life sustained by moisture, through rain on grass in the psalm and God's dew-like presence bringing Israel into bloom.
Isaiah 14:3–5It will happen in the day that the LORD will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,The shared thread is relief: the psalm pictures refreshing rain, while Isaiah names rest from sorrow and hard service.
Psalm 65:10You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.Both describe showers watering the ground, with Psalm 65 naming God's care for the earth and its crop.
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Leadership weight. injustice and anger. fear for the future.
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If authority has worn you down, this picture offers grounds for hope. The king described here brings the refreshment of rain, and under his rule the righteous flourish.
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