“Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.”
The vision of God visiting the earth and watering it, and enriching it abundantly, articulates divine care for creation's fertility and fruitfulness. The river imagery suggests the flow of divine blessing through the world. The enrichment of the earth indicates that creation thrives under divine care and attention. This verse articulates that God's concern extends to the material world and the conditions for its flourishing.
Church Fathers on Psalms 65:9
1. The voice of holy prophecy must be confessed in the very title of this Psalm. It is inscribed, “Unto the end, a Psalm of David, a song of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, on account of the people of transmigration when they were beginning to go forth.” How it fared with our fathers in the time of the transmigration to Babylon, is not known to all, but only to those that diligently study the Holy Scriptures, either by hearing or by reading. For the captive people Israel from the city…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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