You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for you prepare the earth in this way,
providing people with grain.(A)
10 You soften it with showers and bless its growth,
soaking its furrows and leveling its ridges.(B)
11 You crown the year with your goodness;
your carts overflow with plenty.[a](C)
12 The wilderness pastures overflow,
and the hills are robed with joy.(D)
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks
and the valleys covered with grain.(E)
They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 65:11 Lit your paths drip with fat

You care for the land and water it;(A)
    you enrich it abundantly.(B)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,(C)
    for so you have ordained it.[a]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers(D) and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,(E)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.(F)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;(G)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.(H)
13 The meadows are covered with flocks(I)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;(J)
    they shout for joy and sing.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land

14 He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,(A)

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14 He makes grass grow(A) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food(B) from the earth:

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