Psalm 65:12 “The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.”

Psalm 65:12

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.

Geneva Bible 1599

They drop vpon the pastures of the wildernesse: and the hils shalbe compassed with gladnes.

Darby Translation

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness.

Young's Literal Translation

Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on.

Bible in Basic English

Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.

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Cross references

“drop”

Psalm 104:10–13 Job 38:26 Job 38:27

Psalm 104:10–13 · BSB

He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

Job 38:26 · BSB

to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

Job 38:27 · BSB

to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

“rejoice”

Psalm 65:6 Isaiah 55:9–13 Isaiah 61:10 Isaiah 61:11

Psalm 65:6 · BSB

You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.

Isaiah 55:9–13 · BSB

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns…

Isaiah 61:11 · BSB

For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Also

Joel 2:22

Joel 2:22 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

13The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

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