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Psalms 65:9-13

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65:9 You visit the earth and give it rain; 1 

you make it rich and fertile 2 

with overflowing streams full of water. 3 

You provide grain for them, 4 

for you prepare the earth to yield its crops. 5 

65:10 You saturate 6  its furrows,

and soak 7  its plowed ground. 8 

With rain showers you soften its soil, 9 

and make its crops grow. 10 

65:11 You crown the year with your good blessings, 11 

and you leave abundance in your wake. 12 

65:12 The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, 13 

and the hills are clothed with joy. 14 

65:13 The meadows are clothed with sheep,

and the valleys are covered with grain.

They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.

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[65:9]  1 tn The verb form is a Polel from שׁוּק (shuq, “be abundant”), a verb which appears only here and in Joel 2:24 and 3:13, where it is used in the Hiphil stem and means “overflow.”

[65:9]  2 tn Heb “you greatly enrich it.”

[65:9]  3 tn Heb “[with] a channel of God full of water.” The divine name is probably used here in a superlative sense to depict a very deep stream (“a stream fit for God,” as it were).

[65:9]  4 tn The pronoun apparently refers to the people of the earth, mentioned in v. 8.

[65:9]  5 tn Heb “for thus [referring to the provision of rain described in the first half of the verse] you prepare it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix attached to the verb “prepare” refers back to the “earth,” which is a feminine noun with regard to grammatical form.

[65:10]  6 tn Heb “saturating” [the form is an infinitive absolute].

[65:10]  7 tn Heb “flatten, cause to sink.”

[65:10]  8 tn Heb “trenches,” or “furrows.”

[65:10]  9 tn Heb “soften it,” that is, the earth.

[65:10]  10 tn Heb “its vegetation you bless.” Divine “blessing” often involves endowing an object with special power or capacity.

[65:11]  11 tn Heb “your good,” which refers here to agricultural blessings.

[65:11]  12 tn Heb “and your paths drip with abundance.”

[65:12]  13 tn Heb “drip.”

[65:12]  14 tn That is, with rich vegetation that brings joy to those who see it.



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