God’s Word Translation
Psalms 65:13
13The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys are carpeted with grain. All of them shout triumphantly. Indeed, they sing.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 65:13
11You crown the year with your goodness, and richness overflows wherever you are. 12The pastures in the desert overflow ⌞with richness⌟. The hills are surrounded with joy. The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys are carpeted with grain. All of them shout triumphantly. Indeed, they sing.
Read all of Psalms 65Psalms 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 104:24What a large number of things you have made, O Lord! You made them all by wisdom. The earth is filled with your creatures.
- Zechariah 9:17They will be beautiful and lovely. Young men will prosper on grain, and young women will prosper on new wine.
- Acts 14:17Yet, by doing good, he has given evidence of his existence. He gives you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons. He fills you with food and your lives with happiness.”
- Psalms 96:11Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad. Let the sea and everything in it roar like thunder.
- Psalms 98:7Let the sea, everything in it, the world, and those who live in it roar like thunder.
- Isaiah 35:1The desert and the dry land will be glad, and the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
- Isaiah 52:9Break out into shouts of joy, ruins of Jerusalem. The Lord will comfort his people. He will reclaim Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 55:12You will go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and the hills will break into songs of joy in your presence, and all the trees will clap their hands.
- Jeremiah 48:33Joy and gladness have disappeared from the orchards and fields of Moab. I will stop the wine flowing from the winepresses. No one will stomp on grapes with shouts of joy. There will be shouts, but not shouts 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
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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
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