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Psalms 107:37
They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist narrates the experience of the redeemed who have settled in a city after God satisfied their hunger. The account moves from divine provision to the community’s agricultural labor as they establish permanent residence.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/יִּזְרְע֣וּ (va/i.yiz.re.'U) translates literally as "and they sowed," paired with שָׂ֭דוֹת (Sa.dot) meaning "fields." This lexical pairing establishes the concrete action that precedes the promised harvest.
The thread — The agricultural imagery recurs in 1 Corinthians 3:7, which states that neither planter nor waterer is anything, but only God who causes growth. It also aligns with 2 Corinthians 9:10, which identifies God as the one who supplies seed to the sower and multiplies the harvest.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge that human sowing and planting function only within a framework of prior divine provision. It demands the plain recognition that agricultural yield depends on God’s blessing rather than human effort alone.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 3:7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- Isaiah 37:30 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Jeremiah 29:5 “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
- Zechariah 8:12 “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
- Genesis 26:12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Ezekiel 28:26 And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”
- Haggai 1:10 Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
- Psalms 65:9 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.
- Isaiah 65:21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.