Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Parallel translations
- WEB The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.
- BSB The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- NKJV Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us.
- NASB The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us.
- NLT Then the earth will yield its harvests, and God, our God, will richly bless us.
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Quick answer
The earth yields its harvest, and God blesses His people. It links God's material blessing to His covenant care.
Overview
The psalmist notes that the land has given its produce and attributes this blessing to God, 'even our own God.' Material abundance is a sign of God's favor and faithfulness. Such blessing ultimately serves God's larger purpose of drawing the nations to Himself in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 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.
- Exod 3:15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
- Jer 31:33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Isa 30:23–24Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
- Ezek 34:26–27And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
- Ps 85:9–12Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
- Hos 2:21–22And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
- Gen 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Jer 31:1At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
- Isa 1:19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- 1 Cor 3:6–9I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
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