What Does Psalms 72:16 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“There shall be an handful”

expansion, i.e., abundance

“of corn”

grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country

“in the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“upon the top”

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

“of the mountains”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

“thereof shall shake”

to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)

“like Lebanon”

lebanon, a mountain range in palestine

“the fruit”

fruit (literally or figuratively)

“shall flourish”

to twinkle, i.e., glance

“and they of the city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“like grass”

grass (or any tender shoot)

“in the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)