Psalms 68:9 Cross References

Psalms 68:9

9: You sent abundant rain, O God, to refresh the weary Promised Land.

I will cause my people and their homes around my holy hill to be a blessing. And I will send showers, showers of blessings, which will come just when they are needed.

You take care of the earth and water it, making it rich and fertile. The rivers of God will not run dry; they provide a bountiful harvest of grain, for you have ordered it so.
You drench the plowed ground with rain, melting the clods and leveling the ridges. You soften the earth with showers and bless its abundant crops.
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
The wilderness becomes a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy.
The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing for joy!

then he will send the rains in their proper seasons so you can harvest crops of grain, grapes for wine, and olives for oil.

and rained down manna for them to eat. He gave them bread from heaven.
They ate the food of angels! God gave them all they could hold.
He released the east wind in the heavens and guided the south wind by his mighty power.
He rained down meat as thick as dust--birds as plentiful as the sands along the seashore!

When the Red Sea saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths.
The clouds poured down their rain; the thunder rolled and crackled in the sky. Your arrows of lightning flashed.

For the land you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and dug out irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden.
It is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain--
a land that the LORD your God cares for. He watches over it day after day throughout the year!

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