10. Waterest the ridges… settlest the furrows The idea is that of complete saturation, which would level the surface of a ploughed field; further expressed in “Then makest it soft with showers.” Blessest the springing The sprouting. The tender shoots, the earliest promise of the year. read more
11. Crownest the year From the sprouting (Psalms 65:10) to the harvest, the year is honoured, distinguished, by God’s blessing. The crowning, as with a chaplet, is at once a finishing act and a token of honour, and completes the cycle of blessings on the year. Thy paths… fatness God’s “paths” are his ways, or modes of procedure, and whether in nature, moral government, or redemption, his footsteps, or, as the word literally means, the tracks of his chariot, are rich in blessings of... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 65:9
9. The psalmist having finished his contemplation of God’s work among the nations, (Psalms 65:5-8,) now turns to his providence in nature, in adapting its forces and the order of the seasons to the uses and wants of man. Thou visitest the earth Thou hast visited the earth. The verb is in the preterite a fulfilment of the promise, Deuteronomy 11:11-12. But there is a special application of these descriptions to the season then present, as appears from the interchange of the past and... read more