“"The ends of the desert shall grow fat, and the hills shall be encircled with exultation" [Psalm 65:12]. Plains, hills, ends of the desert, the same are also men. Plains, because of the equality: because of equality, I say, from thence just peoples have been called plains. Hills, because of lifting up: because God dot…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 65
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12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
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10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
— Psalms 65:12 —
13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.