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.
• 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.
• 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, and your carts overflow with abundance. 12The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

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 104:24How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
• Zechariah 9:17How attractive and beautiful they will be! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the young women.
• Acts 14:17Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
• Psalms 96:11Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
• Psalms 98:7Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.
• Isaiah 35:1The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus,
• Isaiah 52:9Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 55:12You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
• Jeremiah 48:33Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are 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

Topics related to Psalms 65:13

• Blessing
• Corn

In the dictionaries

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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