E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 65:10
makest it soft = dissolvest it. Until the early rains fall, the ground is as hard as a rock. read more
詩篇 65:10 Cunpts
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 65:10
PRAISING GOD FOR AN ABUNDANT HARVEST"Thou waterest its furrows abundantly;Thou settest the ridges thereof:Thou makest it soft with showers;Thou blessest the springing thereof.Thou crownest the year with thy goodness;And thy paths drop fatness.They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness;And the hills are girded with joy.The pastures are clothed with flocks;The valleys also are covered over with grain;They shout for joy, they also sing."The theme here is not so much, "Thank God for a bountiful... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 65:9-13
Psalms 65:9-13. Thou visitest the earth, &c.— A complete comment upon this sacred hymn, says Dr. Delaney, is not the work either of my province or genius; and therefore I shall only observe, that the last five verses of it are the most rapturous, truly poetic, and natural image of joy, that imagination can form or comprehend. The reader of taste will see this in the simplest translation, Psalms 65:9, &c. Thou hast visited the earth; thou madest it to covet, and hast enriched it. The... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 65:10
6-13. God's great power and goodness are the grounds of this confidence. These are illustrated in His control of the mightiest agencies of nature and nations affecting men with awe and dread (Psalms 26:7; Psalms 98:1, &c.), and in His fertilizing showers, causing the earth to produce abundantly for man and beast. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 65:1-13
Psalms 65This communal song of thanksgiving celebrates God blessing His people with a bountiful land (cf. Psalms 66-68). Other communal or community psalms of thanksgiving are 66, 107, 118, 124, and 129. The element that distinguishes a communal psalm of thanksgiving from an individual psalm of thanksgiving is "the use of plural pronouns or some other clear indicator that the congregation of Israel, rather than the individual, has gone through the crisis." [Note: Bullock, p. 163.] David... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 65:9-10
These descriptions view God tending the earth as a farmer would. God is the One responsible for the abundance of crops (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:6). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 65:9-13
3. God’s bounty 65:9-13 read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 65:1-13
The allusions to the Temple worship show that this Ps. belongs to a later age than David’s. As to its occasion we can gather that a national religious festival at Jerusalem was in view (Psalms 65:1-4), that a striking national deliverance had produced a wide-spread impression of God’s power (Psalms 65:5-8), and that a favourable season gave promise of an abundant harvest (Psalms 65:9-13). The presentation of the firstfruits at the Passover (Leviticus 23:10-14) would suit the first and last... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 65:10
(10) Thou waterest . . . settlest.—Better, by watering . . . settling.Ridges . . . furrows.—These terms would be better transposed since by “settling” (literally, pressing down) is meant the softening of the ridges of earth between the furrows. The LXX. and Vulgate have “multiply its shoots.”Showers.—Literally, multitudes (of drops). read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:1-13
Psalms 65:0 Praise for harvest, fields and flocksAs they approach God, the worshippers are aware of their failures through sin. They realize that forgiveness is necessary before they can enjoy fulness of fellowship with God in his house (1-4). They recall his great acts, both in the events of history and in the natural creation, and see these as a reason for all people, from east to west, to shout for joy (5-8).Coming closer to home, the worshippers see God’s provision in the well-watered... read more