Psalm 65:9

Translations

Modern

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

Traditional

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

Literal

You attend to the earth and give it abundance; greatly You enrich it; the stream of God is full of water; You provide their grain when thus You prepare it—

Latin

Visitasti terram, et inebriasti eam; multiplicasti locupletare eam. Flumen Dei repletum est aquis; parasti cibum illorum: quoniam ita est præparatio ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

Notes

Psalms 65:9

The streams of God and all rivers show God's power and goodness through nature's order and the regularity of the harvests (see Psalms 1:3; 36:8; 46:4; Ezekiel 47:6–12; Zechariah 14:8; Revelation 22:1).

Psalms 65:9–13

The created world clearly shows God's power (Psalm 65:6–8). He shows his love by taking care of nature. Everything praises the Lord as all parts work together smoothly.

Psalms 65:1–13

This psalm recounts the reasons why all people should praise and revere God for his almighty power and merciful care for his universe.

Psalms 51:1–65:13

These psalms of David share a common theme. They reflect on the experience of evil. In Psalm 51, the psalmist admits his wrongdoing and asks for God's forgiveness. Psalms 52–64 express sorrow over specific evils David faced. A song of praise (Psalm 65) brings David's laments to an end.

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Related verses

Psalm 46:4
There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Psalm 104:13–15
He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
Jeremiah 5:24
They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
Psalm 68:9–10
You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
Joel 2:23–26
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
Deuteronomy 11:11–12
But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
Psalm 147:8–9
…who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Job 5:10–11
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
Ruth 1:6
When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Psalm 147:14
He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

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Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Providence of Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning The Earth: God: Waters

Psalm 65:9

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