Mazmur 65:10

65:10 You saturate ¹  its furrows,

and soak ²  its plowed ground. ³ 

With rain showers you soften its soil, ⁴ 

and make its crops grow. ⁵ 

Mazmur 92:12

92:12 The godly ⁶  grow like a palm tree;

they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. ⁷ 

[65:10]  ¹ tn Heb “saturating” [the form is an infinitive absolute].

[65:10]  ² tn Heb “flatten, cause to sink.”

[65:10]  ³ tn Heb “trenches,” or “furrows.”

[65:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “soften it,” that is, the earth.

[65:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “its vegetation you bless.” Divine “blessing” often involves endowing an object with special power or capacity.

[92:12]  ⁶ tn The singular is used in a representative sense, with the typical godly person being in view.

[92:12]  ⁷ sn The cedars of the Lebanon forest were well-known in ancient Israel for their immense size.