John Gill Commentary Psalms 65:12

"They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy." — Psalms 65:12 (ASV)

They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness
As well as upon the ploughed land, and turn them into a fruitful field; which may denote the Gentile world, where the Gospel was sent by Christ, and preached by his apostles; and whose doctrines dropped as the rain, and prospered to the purpose for which they were sent, and made this wilderness as the garden of God;

and the little hills rejoice on every side ;
or "joy girds the hills"; or "they are girded with joy" ^F18 ; or "gird themselves with joy", as the Targum; being covered on all sides with grass, herbs, and trees: these may denote the churches of Christ, and little hills of Sion, who rejoice when the interest of Christ flourishes, (Psalms 68:14Psalms 68:15) (14:7) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: (hnrgxt twebg lygw) "collesque exultatione accinguntur", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Ainsworth; "accinxerunt se", Pagninus; "accingent se", Montanus.