Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. New Living Translation The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy. English Standard Version The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, Berean Standard Bible The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy. King James Bible They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. New King James Version They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side. New American Standard Bible The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills encircle themselves with rejoicing. NASB 1995 The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing. NASB 1977 The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing. Legacy Standard Bible The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing. Amplified Bible The pastures of the wilderness drip [with dew], And the hills are encircled with joy. Christian Standard Bible The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are robed with joy. Holman Christian Standard Bible The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are robed with joy. American Standard Version They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy. Contemporary English Version Desert pastures blossom, and mountains celebrate. English Revised Version They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the hills are girded with joy. GOD'S WORD® Translation The pastures in the desert overflow [with richness]. The hills are surrounded with joy. Good News Translation The pastures are filled with flocks; the hillsides are full of joy. International Standard Version The wilderness pastures drip with dew, and the hills wrap themselves with joy. Majority Standard Bible The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy. NET Bible The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy. New Heart English Bible The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. Webster's Bible Translation They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. World English Bible The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe pastures of a wilderness drop, "" And You gird the hills with joy. Young's Literal Translation Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on. Smith's Literal Translation The pastures of the desert shall drop, and the hills shall be girded with joy. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: and the hills shall be girded about with joy, Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The meadows of the wilderness also drip; the hills are robed with joy. New Revised Standard Version The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey shall be filled with the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills shall be surrounded with glory. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they will be satisfied from the pastures of the wilderness and the hills will be girded in glory OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The pastures of the wilderness do drop; And the hills are girded with joy. Brenton Septuagint Translation The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Praise Awaits You, O God, in Zion…11You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty. 12The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy. 13The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.… Cross References Isaiah 55:12 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Joel 2:22-24 Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best. / Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. / The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. Deuteronomy 11:14 then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. Hosea 2:21-22 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. / And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. James 5:7-8 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. / You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. Leviticus 26:4 I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. Ezekiel 34:26-27 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing. / The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. Matthew 6:30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Job 5:10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields. Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. 1 Kings 8:35-36 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance. Psalm 104:13-15 He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. / He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: / wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. Treasury of Scripture They drop on the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. drop Psalm 104:10-13 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills… Job 38:26,27 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; … rejoice [heb. Psalm 65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: Isaiah 55:9-13 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts… Isaiah 61:10,11 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels… Jump to Previous Clothed Desert Drip Drop Falling Gird Girded Girdest Glad Gladness Grass Heights Hills Joy Little Overflow Pastures Rejoice Rejoicing Side Themselves Waste WildernessJump to Next Clothed Desert Drip Drop Falling Gird Girded Girdest Glad Gladness Grass Heights Hills Joy Little Overflow Pastures Rejoice Rejoicing Side Themselves Waste WildernessPsalm 65 1. David praises God for his grace4. The blessedness of God's chosen by reason of benefits The pastures of the wilderness This phrase evokes imagery of abundance and divine provision in places typically considered barren or desolate. The Hebrew word for "pastures" (נָאוֹת, na'ot) suggests a place of dwelling or habitation, indicating that even in the wilderness, God provides sustenance and life. Historically, the wilderness was seen as a place of testing and trial for the Israelites, yet here it is transformed into a place of blessing. This transformation underscores God's power to bring life and abundance where it seems impossible, reflecting His sovereignty and care for creation. overflow the hills are robed with joy And the little hills.--See margin. The freshness and beauty of plant life, which suddenly, as by a miracle, in Eastern lands clothes the hill-sides, resembles a fair mantle thrown round their shoulders, as if to deck them for some festival. Verse 12. - They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; rather, the pastures of the wilderness drip with it; i.e. with the "fatness" which is shed from God's presence. And the little hills rejoice on every side; literally, are girded with joy.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The pasturesנְא֣וֹת (nə·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4999: Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place of the wilderness מִדְבָּ֑ר (miḏ·bār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech overflow; יִ֭רְעֲפוּ (yir·‘ă·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7491: To trickle, drip the hills גְּבָע֥וֹת (gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1389: A hillock are robed תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃ (taḥ·gō·rə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself with joy. וְ֝גִ֗יל (wə·ḡîl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1524: A revolution, joy Links Psalm 65:12 NIVPsalm 65:12 NLT Psalm 65:12 ESV Psalm 65:12 NASB Psalm 65:12 KJV Psalm 65:12 BibleApps.com Psalm 65:12 Biblia Paralela Psalm 65:12 Chinese Bible Psalm 65:12 French Bible Psalm 65:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 65:12 The wilderness grasslands overflow (Psalm Ps Psa.) |