Whether it is a rod of punishment or for His land or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
Psalm 65:10 - Tree of Life Version You visit the land and make it abundant, greatly enriching it— the stream of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so You have prepared the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: Thou settlest the furrows thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers: Thou blessest the springing thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You water the field's furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation. American Standard Version (1901) Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. Common English Bible Drenching the earth’s furrows, leveling its ridges, you soften it with rain showers; you bless its growth. Catholic Public Domain Version For you, O God, have tested us. You have examined us by fire, just as silver is examined. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried. |
Whether it is a rod of punishment or for His land or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
He waters mountains from His upper rooms. The earth is full of the fruit of Your labors.
He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the earth. He makes grass sprout on the hills.
You poured down abundant rain, O God. You sustained Your weary inheritance.
then I will give you rains in their season, the land will yield its crops, and the trees of the field will yield their fruit.
May my teaching trickle like rain, my speech distill like dew— like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.