Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth. King James Bible Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Darby Bible Translation Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it: World English Bible You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God is full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it, Psalm 65:9 Parallel Commentary Barnes' Notes on the BibleThou visitest the earth - God seems to come down that he may attend to the needs of the earth; survey the condition of things; arrange for the welfare of the world which he has made; and supply the needs of those whom he has created to dwell upon it. See the notes at Psalm 8:4. And waterest it - Margin, After thou hadst made it to desire rain. This difference between the translations in the text and in the margin can be accounted for by the various meanings of the original word. The Hebrew term - שׁוק shûq - means properly: (a) to run; (b) to run after anything, to desire, to look for; (c) to run over, to overflow; and then, (d) to cause to overflow. The meaning here evidently is, he drenched the earth, or caused the water to run abundantly. The reference is to a copious rain after a drought. Thou greatly enrichest it - That is, Thou givest to it abundance; thou pourest water upon it in such quantities, and in such a manner, as to make it rich in its productions. With the river of God - A river so abundant and full that it seems to come from God; it is such as we should expect to flow from a Being infinite in resources and in benevolence. Anything great is in the Scriptures often described as belonging to God, or his name is added to it to denote its greatness. Thus, hills of God mean lofty hills; cedars of God, lofty cedars, etc. Which is full of water - The waters are so abundant that it seems as if they must come from God. Thou preparest them corn - Grain. Thou givest to those who cultivate the earth an abundant harvest. When thou hast so provided for it - Or rather, When thou hast thus prepared the earth, to wit, by sending down abundant rains upon it. God prepares the earth to bear an abundant harvest, and then he gives that harvest. The preparation of the earth for the harvest, and then the givinq of the harvest, are alike from him. The harvest could not be without the previous rain, and neither the rain nor the harvest could be without God. He does not create a harvest by miracle, but follows the order which he has himself ordained, and has respect to his own laws. Psalm 65:9 Parallel Commentaries Library Daily Bread. (Harvest Thanksgiving.) PSALM lxv. 9. "Thou preparest them corn." "Come, ye thankful people, come," and let us thank God for another harvest. Once more the Father, the Feeder, has given bread to strengthen man's heart, and we turn from the corn stored in the garner, to God's own garner the Church, where He has stored up food for our souls. And first of all, my brothers, let us be honest with ourselves. Are we quite sure that we are thankful to God for the harvest? We have decorated God's House … H. J. Wilmot-Buxton—The Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2 "O Thou, that Hearest Prayer!" --Ps. Lxv. 2 Cross References Genesis 1:11 Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so. Genesis 2:5 Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. Leviticus 26:4 then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. Job 5:10 "He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields, Psalm 46:4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High. Psalm 68:9 You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched. Psalm 68:10 Your creatures settled in it; You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God. Jump to Previous Abundantly Blessing Care Cause Corn Earth Enrich Enriching Fertile Filled Full Grain Greatly Inspected Makest Making Ordained Overflow Prepare Prepared Preparest Provide Provided Ready Remembered Rich River Stream Streams Visit Visitest Water Watered Waterest WateringJump to Next Abundantly Blessing Care Cause Corn Earth Enrich Enriching Fertile Filled Full Grain Greatly Inspected Makest Making Ordained Overflow Prepare Prepared Preparest Provide Provided Ready Remembered Rich River Stream Streams Visit Visitest Water Watered Waterest WateringLinks Psalm 65:9 NIVPsalm 65:9 NLT Psalm 65:9 ESV Psalm 65:9 NASB Psalm 65:9 KJV Psalm 65:9 Bible Apps Psalm 65:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 65:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 65:9 French Bible Psalm 65:9 German Bible Psalm 65:9 Commentaries Bible Hub |