Psalms 65:13

65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. rejoice: Heb. are girded with joy

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

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The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.

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

What does Psalms 65:13 mean?

Psalms 65:13 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כַּר (kar), לָבַשׁ (lâbash), צֹאן (tsôʼn). It connects to 2 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

The

pasturesכַּרkar/kar/H3733a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)

are

clothedלָבַשׁlâbash/law-bash'/H3847properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

with

flocks;צֹאןtsôʼn/tsone/H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

the

valleysעֵמֶקʻêmeq/ay'-mek/H6010a vale (i.e. broad depression)

also

are

covered

overעָטַףʻâṭaph/aw-taf'/H5848to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish

with

corn;בָּרbâr/bawr/H1250grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country

they

shout

for

joy,רוּעַrûwaʻ/roo-ah'/H7321to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)

they

also

sing.שִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7891to sing

Commentary on Psalms 65:13

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 65:13

kingdom, and therefore not to be drawn into a precedent; the third of grace and a most holy faith, which ought to be imitated by every one of us. In this psalm, I. He prays to God to defend and deliver him from his enemies, representing them as very bad men, barbarous, malicious, and atheistical, ver. 1-7 . II. He foresees and foretels the destruction of his enemies, which he would give to God the glory of, ver. 8-17 . As far as it appears that any of the particular enemies of God's people fall under these characters, we may, in singing this psalm, read their doom and foresee their ruin. Prayer for Deliverance. 1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord . 4 They run and

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 26:9

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Gather: or, Take not away bloody: Heb. men of blood

Psalms 27:2

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. came: Heb. approached against me

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Sheep Valleys

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 65:13.

2 Chronicles 5:12

Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

Genesis 30:42

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 65:13 say?

Psalms 65:13 (King James Version) reads: "The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing."

Is Psalms 65:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 65:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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