Psalms 65:12

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

Psalms 65:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 65:12

They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness
As well as upon the ploughed land, and turn them into a fruitful field; which may denote the Gentile world, whither the Gospel was sent by Christ, and preached by his apostles; and whose doctrines dropped as the rain, and prospered to the thing whereunto they were sent, and made this wilderness as the garden of God;

and the little hills rejoice on every side;
or "joy girds the hills"; or "they are girded with joy" ^F18; or "gird themselves with joy", as the Targum; being covered on all sides with grass, herbs, and trees: these may denote the churches of Christ, and little hills of Sion, who rejoice when the interest of Christ flourishes, ( Psalms 68:14 Psalms 68:15 ) ( 14:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (hnrgxt twebg lygw) "collesque exultatione accinguntur", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Ainsworth; "accinxerunt se", Pagninus; "accingent se", Montanus.

Psalms 65:12 In-Context

10 Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

11 Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness.

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

13 Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!