Psalms 65 · Verse 10

Psalms 65:10

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

Psalms 65:10, King James Version

Psalms 65:10 in other translations

BSB	You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.
WEB	You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.
ASV	Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof.
YLT	Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.
DARBY	Thou dost satiate its furrows, thou smoothest its clods, thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.
BBE	You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.
Webster	Thou waterest the ridges of it abundantly: thou settlest the furrows of it: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing of it.

What does Psalms 65:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 65:6-13

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 (Psa 26:7; 98:1, &c.), and in His fertilizing showers, causing the earth to produce abundantly for man and beast.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 Thou waterest the ridges - In seedtime thou sendest that measure of rain that is necessary, in order to prepare the earth for the plough; and then, when the ridges are thrown into furrows, thou makest them soft with showers, so as to prepare them for the expansion of the seed, and the vegetation and developement of the embryo plant. Thou blessest the springing thereof - Literally, Thou wilt bless its germinations - its springing buds. Thou watchest over the young sprouts; and it is by thy tender, wise, and provident care that the ear is formed; and by thy bountiful goodness that mature grains fill the ear; and that one produces thirty, sixty, or a hundred or a thousand fold.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…

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Psalms 65:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תְּלָמֶ֣יהָte.la.Mei.hafurrows itsH8525

רַ֭וֵּהRa.veh[surely] wateringH7301

נַחֵ֣תna.Chetyou press downH5181

גְּדוּדֶ֑יהָge.du.Dei.haridges itsH1417

בִּרְבִיבִ֥יםbir.vi.Vimwith copious showersH7241

תְּ֝מֹגְגֶ֗נָּהte.mo.ge.Ge.nahyou soften itH4127

צִמְחָ֥הּtzim.Chahgrowth itsH6780

תְּבָרֵֽךְ\׃te.va.Rekhyou blessH1288

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 65:10

1 Corinthians 3:6-7
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Psalms 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

settlest the furrows thereof. or, causest rain to descendinto the furrows thereof. makest it soft. Heb. dissolvest it. blessest.
147:8; 1Co 3:6,7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 65:9
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Psalms 65:10
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Psalms 65:11
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

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Psalms 65:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Haces se empapen sus surcos, haces descender sus canales: ablándasla con lluvias, bendices sus renuevos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Tu as visité la terre, tu l’as abreuvée, tu l’enrichis abondamment: le ruisseau de Dieu est plein d’eau. Tu prépares les blés, quand tu l’as ainsi préparée.
German Elberfelder 1871	Du tränkest ihre Furchen, ebnest ihre Schollen, du erweichst sie mit Regengüssen, segnest ihr Gewächs.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Quoniam probasti nos, Deus; igne nos examinasti, sicut examinatur argentum.