Psalm 72:7 {71:7}
Good News Translation
May righteousness flourish in his lifetime, and may prosperity last as long as the moon gives light.

New Revised Standard Version
In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.

Contemporary English Version
Let the king be fair with everyone, and let there be peace until the moon falls from the sky.

New American Bible
That abundance may flourish in his days, great bounty, till the moon be no more.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away.

in his days

Psalm 132:15-18 Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread. . . .

Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them. . . .

Isaiah 32:3-8,15-20 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently. . . .

Isaiah 35:1 The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.

Isaiah 54:11-17 O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires, . . .

Isaiah 55:10-13 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: . . .

Isaiah 60:1,22 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. . . .

Isaiah 61:3-6,10,11 To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him. . . .

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

Acts 4:32 And the multitude of believers had but one heart and one soul. Neither did any one say that aught of the things which he possessed was his own: but all things were common unto them.

abundance

1 Kings 4:25 And Juda, and Israel, dwelt without any fear, every one under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon.

1 Chronicles 22:8,9 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou cannot not build house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me: . . .

Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.

Isaiah 9:6,7 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. . . .

Daniel 2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people: and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and itself shall stand for ever.

Luke 1:33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.

Ephesians 2:14-17 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh: . . .

so long as the moon endureth.

Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
6He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth. 7In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away.8And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.…
Cross References
Psalm 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.

Psalm 92:12
The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.

Isaiah 66:12
For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring upon her as it were a river of peace, and as an overflowing torrent the glory of the Gentiles, which you shall suck; you shall be carried at the breasts, and upon the knees they shall caress you.

Ezekiel 21:27
I will shew it to be iniquity, iniquity, iniquity: but this was not done till he came to whom judgment belongeth, and I will give it him.

Psalm 72:6
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