Psalms 65 · Verse 13

Psalms 65:13

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

Psalms 65:13 in other translations

BSBThe pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
WEBThe pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.
ASVThe pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
YLTClothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout--yea, they sing!
DARBYThe meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.
BBEThe grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.
WebsterThe 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?

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 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks - Cattle are seen in every plain, avenue, and vista, feeding abundantly; and the valleys are clothed, and wave with the richest harvests; and transports of joy are heard every where in the cheerful songs of the peasantry, the singing of the birds, the neighing of the horse, the lowing of the ox, and the bleating of the sheep. Claudian uses the same image: - Viridis amictus montium. "The green vesture of the mountains." Shout for joy, they also sing - They are not loud and unmeaning sounds, they are both music and harmony in their different notes; all together form one great concert, and the bounty of God is the subject which they all celebrate. What an inimitable description! And yet the nervous Hebrew is not half expressed, even by the amended translation and paraphrase above.

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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 65:13 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.

לָבְשׁ֬וּla.ve.Shuthey are clothedH3847
כָרִ֨ים\׀kha.Rim[the] pasturesH3733
הַצֹּ֗אןha.Tzon<the> flock[s]H6629
וַעֲמָקִ֥יםva.'a.ma.Kimand [the] valleysH6010
יַֽעַטְפוּ\־ya.'at.fu-they cover themselvesH5848
בָ֑רVargrainH1250
יִ֝תְרוֹעֲע֗וּyit.ro.'a.'Uthey shout for joyH7321
אַף\־'af-alsoH637
יָשִֽׁירוּ\׃ya.Shi.ruthey singH7891

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Cross references for Psalms 65:13

  • Isaiah 55:12

    For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

  • Isaiah 35:1-2

    The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

  • Isaiah 30:23

    Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

  • Acts 14:17

    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  • Psalms 96:11-13

    Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • Isaiah 44:23

    Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

  • Psalms 98:7-9

    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • Zechariah 9:17

    For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

  • Jeremiah 48:33

    And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

  • Isaiah 35:10

    And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

  • Psalms 104:24-28

    O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. …

  • Isaiah 52:9

    Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
pastures.
104:24-28; Zec 9:17; Ac 14:17
they shout.
96:11-13; 98:7-9; Isa 35:1,2,10; 52:9; 55:12; Jer 48:33

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Context

  • Psalms 65:12

    They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

  • Psalms 65:13

    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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Psalms 65:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Vístense los llanos de manadas, y los valles se cubren de grano: dan voces de júbilo, y aun cantan.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils distillent sur les pâturages du désert, et les collines se ceignent d’allégresse.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Triften bekleiden sich mit Herden, und die Täler bedecken sich mit Korn; sie jauchzen, ja, sie singen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Introibo in domum tuam in holocaustis; reddam tibi vota mea