King James Version

Psalms 65:12

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 65:13.

יִ֭רְעֲפוּyirafvdistilרָעַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “distil”, an unfinished actionH7491to dripdistil, drop (down).נְא֣וֹתneotpastureנָאָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “pasture”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4999a home; figuratively, a pasturehabitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.מִדְבָּ֑רmidbardesertמִדְבָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.וְ֝גִ֗ילvegiland joyגִּילconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and joy”, the ordinary formH1524a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy[idiom] exceedingly, gladness, [idiom] greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.גְּבָע֥וֹתgevaothillגִּבְעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH1389a hillockhill, little hill.תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָהtachgorenahgirdחָגַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “gird”, an unfinished actionH2296to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(65-13) The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.

Young’s Literal Translation

Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on.

World English Bible

The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.

Darby Translation

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness.

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through tire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(65-13) The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πιανθήσεται τὰ ὄρη τῆς ἐρήμου, καὶ ἀγαλλίασιν οἱ βουνοὶ περιζώσονται.