Psalms 68:9 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 68:9

You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.

BSB

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ASV

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

KJV

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Holy Spirit 1.18 (397)

Damasus cleansed not, Peter cleansed not, Ambrose cleansed not, Gregory cleansed not; for ours is the ministry, but the sacraments are yours. For human power cannot confer what is divine, but it is, O Lord, your gift and that of the Father, as you have spoken by the prophets, saying, "I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and their sons and their daughters shall prophesy." This is that typical dew from heaven, this is that gracious rain, as we read: "A gracious rain, dividing for his inheritance."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This looks further to the spiritual provision made for God's Israel; the Spirit of grace and the gospel of grace are the plentiful rain with which God confirms his inheritance, and from which their fruit is found, Isa. xlv. Christ himself is this rain, Ps. lxxii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain. The march of God was not signalized solely by displays of terror, for goodness and bounty were also made conspicuous. Such rain as never fell before dropped on the desert sand, bread from heaven and winged fowl fell all around the host; good gifts were poured upon them, rivers leaped forth from rocks. The earth shook with fear, and in reply, the Lord, as from a cornucopia, shook out blessings upon it; so the original may be rendered. Whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גֶּ֣שֶׁם	Ge.shem	rain of	H1653 →
נְ֭דָבוֹת	Ne.da.Vot	voluntariness<es>	H5071 →
תָּנִ֣יף	ta.Nif	you spread abroad	H5130 →
אֱלֹהִ֑ים	'E.lo.Him	O God	H430 →
נַחֲלָתְךָ֥	na.cha.la.te.Kha	inheritance your	H5159 →
וְ֝נִלְאָ֗ה	ve.nil.'Ah	<and> weary	H3811 →
אַתָּ֥ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃	Kho.nan.Tah	you established it	H3559 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 34:26
I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:12
  The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 26:4
  I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Genesis 12:2
  I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Malachi 3:10
  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…
Through
Deuteronomy 11:14
then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
leads to
- James 5:7
  Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Ezekiel 34:26
  I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
- Joel 2:22–23
  Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Psalms