Psalm 65:13 The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

English Standard Version
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

New American Standard Bible
The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

King James Bible
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The pastures are clothed with flocks and the valleys covered with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

International Standard Version
The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout for joy; yes, they burst out in song!

American Standard Version
The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.

Darby Bible Translation
The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.

Young's Literal Translation
Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

Cross References

Psalm 72:16
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth on the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Psalm 96:12
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

Psalm 98:8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

Psalm 144:13
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

Isaiah 30:23
Then shall he give the rain of your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.

Isaiah 44:23
Sing, O you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

Isaiah 55:12
For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree bears her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

65:6-13 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 daily worship, both alone and with our families, to be the most needful of our daily occupations, the most delightful of our daily comforts. How much the fruitfulness of this lower part of the creation depends upon the influence of the upper, is easy to observe; every good and perfect gift is from above. He who enriches the earth, which is filled with man's sins, by his abundant and varied bounty, can neither want power nor will to feed the souls of his people. Temporal mercies to us unworthy creatures, shadow forth more important blessings. The rising of the Sun of righteousness, and the pouring forth of the influences of the Holy Spirit, that river of God, full of the waters of life and salvation, render the hard, barren, worthless hearts of sinners fruitful in every good work, and change the face of nations more than the sun and rain change the face of nature. Wherever the Lord passes, by his preached gospel, attended by his Holy Spirit, his paths drop fatness, and numbers are taught to rejoice in and praise him. They will descend upon the pastures of the wilderness, all the earth shall hear and embrace the gospel, and bring forth abundantly the fruits of righteousness which are, through Jesus Christ, to the glory of the Father. Manifold and marvellous, O Lord, are thy works, whether of nature or of grace; surely in loving-kindness hast thou made them all.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. wilderness—places, though not inhabited by men, fit for pasture (Le 16:21, 22; Job 24:5).

pastures—is literally, "folds," or "enclosures for flocks"; and in Ps 65:13 it may be "lambs," the same word used and so translated in Ps 37:20; so that "the flocks are clothed with lambs" (a figure for abundant increase) would be the form of expression.