Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Parallel translations
- WEB You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
- BSB You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
- NKJV You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.
- NASB ¶You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain, for so You prepare the earth.
- NLT You take care of the earth and water it, making it rich and fertile. The river of God has plenty of water; it provides a bountiful harvest of grain, for you have ordered it so.
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Quick answer
God visits and waters the earth, enriching it abundantly and providing grain. It praises God as the generous provider for His creation.
Overview
David describes God personally caring for the land, watering it with the river of God so it yields grain. God's providence sustains all life through the ordered abundance of creation. Such provision points to the Lord who gives daily bread and is Himself the bread of life.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 46:4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
- Rev 22:1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- Jer 5:24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
- Ps 104:13–15He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
- Joel 2:23–26Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
- Ps 68:9–10Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
- Job 5:10–11Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
- Ruth 1:6Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
- Ps 147:8–9Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- Deut 11:11–12But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
- Gen 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
- Jer 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
- Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- Lev 26:4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Ps 147:14He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
- Ps 107:37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
- Ps 65:11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
- 1 Tim 6:17–18Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- Ps 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Job 37:6–13For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
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