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Psalms 65:11
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, tracing His provision from the preparation of soil to the harvest. This declaration follows a description of divine rainfall and precedes an image of joyous hills.
The words — The Hebrew עִ֭טַּרְתָּ ('I.tar.ta) literally means "you crown," framing God's bounty as a royal covering over the agricultural cycle. The term דָּֽשֶׁן (Da.shen) denotes "fatness" or richness, describing how God's tracks drip with abundance.
The thread — Joel 2:21 commands the land to rejoice because the LORD has done great things. Psalms 103:4 states that God crowns individuals with loving devotion and compassion, while Psalms 5:12 declares that He blesses the righteous and surrounds them with favor.
Why it lands — The text states that God actively covers the year with provision and saturates His ways with richness. A reader must acknowledge that fertility and abundance are direct acts of divine action rather than natural occurrences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Cross-references
- Joel 2:21 Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
- Psalms 103:4 who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- Psalms 5:12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
- Psalms 36:8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- Haggai 2:19 Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
- Proverbs 14:18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- Hebrews 2:7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- Psalms 25:10 All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
- Job 36:28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.