Psalms 65:13

Psalms 65:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
• New International Version (NIV)The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing for joy!

Context of Psalms 65:13

11You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance. 12The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

Psalms 65:13 word by word

לָבְשׁ֬וּ כָרִ֨ים׀ הַצֹּ֗אן וַעֲמָקִ֥ים יַֽעַטְפוּ־בָ֑ר יִ֝תְרוֹעֲע֗וּ אַף־יָשִֽׁירוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The pasturesכַּרkar · pastureH3733
• are clothedלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• with flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• the valleysעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
• also are covered overעָטַף‛âţaph · envelop oneself (Aramaism)H5848
• with cornבַּרbâr bar · grainH1250
• they shout for joyרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321
• they also singשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891

Cross-references for Psalms 65:13

• Psalms 104:24O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
• Zechariah 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
• Acts 14:17Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."
• Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
• Psalms 98:7Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!
• Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
• Isaiah 52:9Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 55:12"For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
• Jeremiah 48:33Gladness and joy have been taken away from the fruitful land of Moab; I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; the shouting is not the shout of joy.

Commentaries on Psalms 65:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The pastures are clothed with flocks - Cattle are seen in every plain, avenue, and vista, feeding abundantly; and the valleys are clothed, and wave with the richest harvests; and transports of joy are heard every where in the cheerful songs of the peasantry, the singing of the birds, the neighing of the horse, the lowing of the ox, and the bleating of the sheep. Claudian uses the same image: - Viridis amictus montium. "The green vesture of the mountains."…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The pastures are clothed with flocks - The flocks stand so thick together, and are spread so far, that they seem to be a clothing for the pasture; or, the fields are entirely covered with them. The valleys also are covered over with corn - With grain. That is, the parts of the land - the fertile valleys - which are devoted to tillage. They are covered over, or clothed with waving grain, as the pasture-fields are with flocks. They shout for joy, they also…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 That Almighty strength which sets fast the mountains, upholds the believer. That word which stills the stormy ocean, and speaks it into a calm, can silence our enemies. How contrary soever light and darkness are to each other, it is hard to say which is most welcome. Does the watchman wait for the morning? so does the labourer earnestly desire the shades of evening. Some understand it of the morning and evening sacrifices. We are to look upon…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Nature praises the Creator (see Psalm 79:13; 96:11–13; 148:3–5, 7–12; Isaiah 55:12–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-136-13. God's great power and goodness are the grounds of this confidence. These are illustrated in His control of the mightiest agencies of nature and nations affecting men with awe and dread (Psa 26:7; 98:1, &c.), and in His fertilizing showers, causing the earth to produce abundantly for man and beast.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 65:13

• Blessing
• Corn

In the dictionaries

• Corn
• Cover
• Fatness
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• Valley
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• Vale, Valley

Commentaries on Psalms 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings