The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
Parallel translations
- WEB The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.
- KJV The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
- NKJV The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
- NASB The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing.
- NLT The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing for joy!
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Quick answer
The meadows are filled with flocks and the valleys with grain, shouting and singing for joy. It ends the psalm with all creation praising God.
Overview
The psalm closes with a vivid picture of fields covered with flocks and grain, joining in shouts and songs of joy. Creation responds to God's generous care with praise. This anticipates the day when the whole creation will fully rejoice in its Maker and Redeemer.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Isa 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Isa 35:1–2The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Isa 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
- Isa 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
- Ps 96:11–13Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
- Ps 98:7–9Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
- Zech 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- Isa 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isa 52:9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
- Jer 48:33Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
- Ps 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
- Ps 144:13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
- Ps 104:24–28How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
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