Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 65:10

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 65:10

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 65:10

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof." — Psalms 65:10 (ASV)

Thou waterest ... settlest. —Better, by watering ... settling.

Ridges ... furrows. —These terms would be better transposed, since by “settling” (literally, pressing down) is meant the softening of the ridges of earth between the furrows. The Septuagint and Vulgate have “multiply its shoots.”

Showers. —Literally, multitudes (of drops).