You care for the land and water it;(A)
    you enrich it abundantly.(B)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,(C)
    for so you have ordained it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land

There is a river(A) whose streams(B) make glad the city of God,(C)
    the holy place where the Most High(D) dwells.(E)

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13 He waters the mountains(A) from his upper chambers;(B)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.(C)
14 He makes grass grow(D) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food(E) from the earth:
15 wine(F) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil(G) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains(H) their hearts.

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You gave abundant showers,(A) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,(B) God, you provided(C) for the poor.

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23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice(A) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.(B)
He sends you abundant showers,(C)
    both autumn(D) and spring rains,(E) as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow(F) with new wine(G) and oil.

25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(H) have eaten(I)
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm[a]
my great army(J) that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(K)
    and you will praise(L) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders(M) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(N)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.

Eden Restored

22 Then the angel showed me the river(A) of the water of life,(B) as clear as crystal,(C) flowing(D) from the throne of God and of the Lamb

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24 They do not say to themselves,
    ‘Let us fear(A) the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains(B) in season,
    who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’(C)

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He covers the sky with clouds;(A)
    he supplies the earth with rain(B)
    and makes grass grow(C) on the hills.
He provides food(D) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens(E) when they call.

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10 He provides rain for the earth;(A)
    he sends water on the countryside.(B)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(C)
    and those who mourn(D) are lifted(E) to safety.

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17 Command those who are rich(A) in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,(B) which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,(C) who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(D) 18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,(E) and to be generous and willing to share.(F)

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17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony:(A) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;(B) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”(C)

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22 Do any of the worthless idols(A) of the nations bring rain?(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(C)

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14 He grants peace(A) to your borders
    and satisfies you(B) with the finest of wheat.(C)

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37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards(A)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;

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11 You crown the year with your bounty,(A)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.(B)

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He says to the snow,(A) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’(B)
So that everyone he has made may know his work,(C)
    he stops all people from their labor.[a](D)
The animals take cover;(E)
    they remain in their dens.(F)
The tempest comes out from its chamber,(G)
    the cold from the driving winds.(H)
10 The breath of God produces ice,
    and the broad waters become frozen.(I)
11 He loads the clouds with moisture;(J)
    he scatters his lightning(K) through them.(L)
12 At his direction they swirl around
    over the face of the whole earth
    to do whatever he commands them.(M)
13 He brings the clouds to punish people,(N)
    or to water his earth and show his love.(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:7 Or work, / he fills all people with fear by his power

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

When Naomi heard in Moab(A) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(B) by providing food(C) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(D) prepared to return home from there.

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11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys(A) that drinks rain from heaven.(B) 12 It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes(C) of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.

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12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold,(A) because the Lord blessed him.(B)

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Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.

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