Psalms 65:9

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.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

10You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. The LORD blessed him.

Deuteronomy 11:11but the land that you go over to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water from the rain of the sky,

Job 5:10who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

Psalms 46:4There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Psalms 65:11You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.

Psalms 104:13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 65:7-13

The Almighty Power of God; Indications of Divine Power and Goodness. 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: 7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them… Read the whole commentary →

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