Salmos 65:8-13

8 Los que viven en los extremos de la tierra
quedan asombrados ante tus maravillas.
Desde donde sale el sol hasta donde se pone,
tú inspiras gritos de alegría.

9 Cuidas la tierra y la riegas,
la enriqueces y la haces fértil.
El río de Dios tiene agua en abundancia;
proporciona una exuberante cosecha de grano,
porque así ordenaste que fuera.

10 Con lluvias empapas la tierra arada,
disuelves los terrones y nivelas los surcos.
Ablandas la tierra con aguaceros
y bendices sus abundantes cultivos.

11 Coronas el año con una copiosa cosecha;
hasta los senderos más pisoteados desbordan de abundancia.

12 Las praderas del desierto se convierten en buenos pastizales,
y las laderas de las colinas florecen de alegría.

13 Los prados se visten con rebaños de ovejas,
y los valles están alfombrados con grano.
¡Todos gritan y cantan de alegría!

Salmos 65:8-13 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David. Some copies of the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions read "a song of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, "sung" by the people of the captivity, when they were about to come out;" and some copies have "Haggai": but though it is possible it might be sung upon that occasion, it is certain it was not then composed, but was written by David, as the genuine title shows: as for Jeremiah; he was not carried captive to Babylon, and Ezekiel died before the return of the people from it; nor is there anything in the psalm relating to that captivity. The title of it, indeed, in the Arabic version, is concerning the captivity of the people; which it seems to have taken from some Greek copy; and Kimchi and Arama interpret it of the captivity of the people of the Jews; but then they mean their present captivity, and their deliverance from it. According to the title of it in the Syriac version, the occasion of it was the bringing up of the ark of God to Sion; and Aben Ezra is of opinion that David composed the psalm at that time; or that one of the singers composed it at the building of the temple, and which he thinks is right, and perhaps is concluded from Psalm 65:1; and who also says it was composed in a year of drought; but it rather seems to have been written in a year of great plenty, as the latter part of it shows; and the whole seems to respect the fruitful, flourishing, and happy state of the church in Gospel times, for which it is a song of praise.