Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 65:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 65:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 65:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, this verse means that the fields and valleys are full of animals and crops, and they are so happy that it's like they are singing and celebrating. It shows how everything in nature is joyful and thankful for being full and alive.

Psalms 65:13: The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Contradiction with Joel 1:10

Joel 1:10 describes the land as lamenting, with ruined crops and lacking abundance, contrasting with Psalms 65:13 where the pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered with corn, rejoicing together.

Joel 1:10: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:4

Jeremiah 12:4 depicts a land mourning and desolate due to wickedness, contradicting the image of abundance and joy in Psalms 65:13.

Jeremiah 12:4: How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Contradiction with Isaiah 24:4

Isaiah 24:4 speaks of the earth mourning and withering, which is the opposite of the portrayal of a bountiful and joyful land in Psalms 65:13.

Isaiah 24:4: The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. [the haughty...: Heb. the height of the people]

Contradiction with Haggai 1:10-11

In Haggai 1:10-11, the drought upon the land is described, which contradicts the fruitful and flourishing imagery in Psalms 65:13.

Haggai 1:10-11: Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 7:2

Ezekiel 7:2 pronounces an end to the land, which contradicts the thriving and bountiful scene in Psalms 65:13.

Ezekiel 7:2: Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
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