65:5 [By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou {d} answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the {e} sea:(d) You will declare yourself to be the preserver of your Church in destroying your enemies, as you did in the Red Sea.(e) As of all barbarous nations, and far off. read more
65:7 Which stilleth the {f} noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.(f) He shows that there is no part or creature in the world which is not governed by God’s power and providence. read more
65:9 Thou {g} visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the {h} river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for {i} it.(g) That is, with rain.(h) That is, Shiloh or the rain.(i) You have appointed the earth to bring forth food to man’s use. read more
65:10 Thou {k} waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.(k) By this description he shows that all the order of nature is a testimony of God’s love toward us, who causes all creatures to serve our need. read more
65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, {l} they also sing.(l) That is, the dumb creatures will not only rejoice for a time for God’s benefits, but will continually sing. read more
CONTENTS This is a lovely Psalm: the sacred writer celebrates God's praise; points out the blessedness of God's chosen; and shows both their temporal and spiritual mercies. To the chief musician, A Psalm and Song of David. Psalms 65:1 This Psalm opens with a peculiarity of expression, which merits our attention in a more than ordinary degree, because we do not find any phrase so strong to the great point the Psalmist had in view, in any other part of scripture. Praise waiteth for thee; or as... read more
Here is the immediate act of prayer, and praise in consequence of God's answering. If praise waited! for God, he will not suffer his praying people, or his praising people, to wait long. Well may all flesh come to him, who is the creator of all flesh: and well may all cry unto him, who expressly saith, It shall come to pass, that before my people call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Isaiah 65:24 . But before we dismiss both these verses, I would have the Reader... read more
Here we arrive at the chief subject of this praise, which waited for God in Christ's church at Zion, namely, redemption by Christ's blood. For what shall purge or wash away iniquities, but the blood of the Lamb? Reader! do not fail to remark the blessedness here expressed, that when iniquities prevail, when sin cries for vengeance, the blood of the Lamb cries for mercy. Oh Lord! let praise forever wait in Zion for thee, thou sin-pardoning God, who hast cast away the sins of thy redeemed in the... read more
Methinks, I could spend hours on this precious, precious verse, and when I had pondered over the sweet contents of it again and again, it should still be opening new subjects of praise. Reader! who can this man be that is here said to be blessed, but the God-man, the Wisdom man, Christ Jesus? For who but He ever engaged his heart to approach unto Jehovah? Or whom did Jehovah choose to approach unto him, but the man God's fellow? Examine some of those very blessed scriptures, which explain this... read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 65:3
65:3 Iniquities {c} prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.(c) He imputes it to his sins and to the sins of the people that God who was accustomed to afflict them withdraws his help from them. read more