18 The verb form is a Polel from שׁוּק (shuq, “be abundant”), a verb which appears only here and in Joel 2:24 and 3:13, where it is used in the Hiphil stem and means “overflow.”
19 Heb “you greatly enrich it.”
20 Heb “[with] a channel of God full of water.” The divine name is probably used here in a superlative sense to depict a very deep stream (“a stream fit for God,” as it were).
21 The pronoun apparently refers to the people of the earth, mentioned in v. 8.
22 Heb “for thus [referring to the provision of rain described in the first half of the verse] you prepare it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix attached to the verb “prepare” refers back to the “earth,” which is a feminine noun with regard to grammatical form.
23 Heb “saturating” [the form is an infinitive absolute].
24 Heb “flatten, cause to sink.”
25 Heb “trenches,” or “furrows.”
26 Heb “soften it,” that is, the earth.
27 Heb “its vegetation you bless.” Divine “blessing” often involves endowing an object with special power or capacity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You visit the earth and water it;

you greatly enrich it;

the river of God is full of water;

you provide their grain,

for so you have prepared it.

You water its furrows abundantly,

settling its ridges,

softening it with showers,

and blessing its growth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You care for the land and water it;

you enrich it abundantly.

The streams of God are filled with water

to provide the people with grain,

for so you have ordained it.

You drench its furrows and level its ridges;

you soften it with showers and bless its crops.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You visit the earth and water it abundantly,

enriching it greatly.

God’s stream is filled with water,

for you prepare the earth in this way,

providing people with grain.

You soften it with showers and bless its growth,

soaking its furrows and leveling its ridges.

NLTNew Living Translation

You take care of the earth and water it,

making it rich and fertile.

The river of God has plenty of water;

it provides a bountiful harvest of grain,

for you have ordered it so.

You drench the plowed ground with rain,

melting the clods and leveling the ridges.

You soften the earth with showers

and bless its abundant crops.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You care for the land and water it;

you greatly enrich it.

The stream of God is filled with waters.

You provide their grain,

for so you have established it.

You drench its furrows,

penetrating its ridges.

With rains you soften it;

its growth you bless.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof:

Thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

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