Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness.
Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness:
Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
Voices4
Only let us recognize the purpose of the evil. Why have the crops withered, our storehouses been emptied, the pastures of our flocks failed, the fruits of the earth been withheld and the plains been filled with shame instead of such fatness? Why have valleys lamented and not abounded in corn, the mountains not dropped sweetness, as they shall do hereafter to the righteous, but been stripped and dishonored and received on the contrary the curse of Gilboa? The whole earth has become as it was in the beginning, before it was adorned with its beauties.
Gregory of Nazianzus· ON HIS FATHER'S SILENCE, ORATION 16:17, 390patristic
David moved by the Holy Spirit thus in a psalm addresses God: Bless thou the crown of the year of thy goodness; thus in a remarkable way styling the cycle of the twelve months of the year a crown of goodness, as crowning the surface …
Cosmas Indicopleustes· The Christian Topography, Book 8, 550patristic
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Ver. 11. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness. The harvest is the plainest display of the divine bounty, and the crown of the year. The Lord himself conducts the coronation, and sets the golden coronal upon the brow of the year. Or we may understand the expression to mean that God's love encircles the year as with a crown; each month has its gems, each day its pearl. Unceasing kindness girdles all time with a belt of love. The providence of God in its visitations makes a complete circuit, and surrounds the year. And thy paths drop fatness.
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Psalms 5:12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
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For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.
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Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
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You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks…
On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
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Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
6 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
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2 Chronicles1
Nehemiah1
Psalms2
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