Psalms 65:10

"You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights God's active involvement in sustaining the earth through natural phenomena like rainfall and fertile rivers. It underscores His provision of essential resources such as grain, illustrating how He fulfills His purpose of enriching the land and its inhabitants.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly -Or rather, its furrows, for so the Hebrew word properly means.Job 31:38;Job 39:10. The allusion is to the furrows made by the plow, which are filled with water by the rains. Thou settlest the furrows thereof -Or rather, thou beatest down the ridges thereof. Literally, thou makest them to descend. That is, The rain - falling on them - beats them down, so that the ground becomes level. Thou makest it soft with showers -Margin, thou dissolvest it. The idea is, to soften, to loosen, to make the soil light and open. All farmers know that this is necessary, and that it cannot be done without water.

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