You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
- BSB You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.
- NKJV You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth.
- NASB You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.
- NLT You drench the plowed ground with rain, melting the clods and leveling the ridges. You soften the earth with showers and bless its abundant crops.
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Quick answer
God drenches the furrows, softens the soil with showers, and blesses the harvest. It celebrates God's tender care in bringing forth crops.
Overview
With vivid imagery David shows God watering, leveling, and softening the ground so it produces a blessed crop. Every stage of fruitfulness is attributed to God's hand. This dependence on God for growth echoes throughout Scripture, where He gives the increase.
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Cross-references · 3
- 1 Cor 3:6–7I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
- Ps 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- Deut 32:2My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
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