Psalms 49:16

49:16 Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich ¹ 

and his wealth multiplies! ² 

Psalms 65:9

65:9 You visit the earth and give it rain; ³ 

you make it rich and fertile ⁴ 

with overflowing streams full of water. ⁵ 

You provide grain for them, ⁶ 

for you prepare the earth to yield its crops. ⁷ 

[49:16]  ¹ sn When a man becomes rich. Why would people fear such a development? The acquisition of wealth makes individuals powerful and enables them to oppress others (see vv. 5-6).

[49:16]  ² tn Heb “when the glory of his house grows great.”

[65:9]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “you greatly enrich it.”

[65:9]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn The pronoun apparently refers to the people of the earth, mentioned in v. 8.

[65:9]  ⁷ 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.