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.
• 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 have crowned the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with fatness. 12The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills encircle themselves with rejoicing. The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

Psalms 65:13 word by word

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

• The meadowsכַּרkar · pastureH3733
• clothedלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• with flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• And the valleysעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
• coveredעָטַף‛âţaph · envelop oneself (Aramaism)H5848
• with grainבַּרbâr bar · grainH1250
• shoutרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321
• yesאַף'aph · alsoH637
• they singשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891

Cross-references for Psalms 65:13

• Psalms 104:24Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
• Zechariah 9:17For how great will their loveliness and beauty be! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the virgins.
• Acts 14:17yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
• Psalms 96:11May the heavens be joyful, and may the earth rejoice; May the sea roar, and all it contains;
• Psalms 98:7May the sea roar and all it contains, The world and those who dwell in it.
• Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the desert will rejoice, And the desert will shout for joy and blossom; Like the crocus
• Isaiah 52:9Be cheerful, shout joyfully together, You ruins of Jerusalem; For the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 55:12For you will go out with joy And be led in peace; The mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
• Jeremiah 48:33So joy and rejoicing are removed From the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab. And I have eliminated the wine from the wine presses; No one will tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be 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

Topics related to Psalms 65:13

• Blessing
• Corn

In the dictionaries

• Corn
• Cover
• Fatness
• Psalms
• Springing
• Valley
• Omnipotence
• Poetry, Hebrew
• Psalms, Book of
• 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