George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 65:10
Tried. So Daniel was treated, Daniel iii. 21. The Babylonian captivity is compared to a furnace, as well as all severe trials of virtue, Proverbs xvii. 3., and Zacharias xiii. (Calmet)
Tried. So Daniel was treated, Daniel iii. 21. The Babylonian captivity is compared to a furnace, as well as all severe trials of virtue, Proverbs xvii. 3., and Zacharias xiii. (Calmet)
Verse Psalms 65:10. _THOU WATEREST THE RIDGES_] In seedtime thou sendest that measure of rain that is necessary, in order to prepare the earth for the plough; and then, when the _ridges_ are thrown in...
THOU WATEREST THE RIDGES THEREOF ABUNDANTLY - Or rather, its furrows, for so the Hebrew word properly means. Job 31:38; Job 39:10. The allusion is to the furrows made by the plow, which are filled wit...
Psalms 65 The Times of Restitution and Refreshing _ 1. Spiritual blessings (Psalms 65:1)_ 2. Earthly glories and blessing (Psalms 65:6) The four next Psalms unfold prophetically the times of resti...
LXV. A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING. Psalms 65:1. For pardon and the joy of Temple worship. PSALMS 65:1. WAITETH FOR: read beseemeth (LXX). Psalms 65:2. all flesh may mean no more than all Jews (_cf._...
MAKEST IT SOFT. dissolvest it. Until the early rains fall, the ground is as hard as. rock....
The special object of the Psalm thanksgiving for the plenty of the year. First, grateful acknowledgment that the rains which have fertilised the soil were God's gift; then a charming picture of a joyo...
Saturating its furrows, levelling its ridges: Thou softenest it with showers, thou blessest its springing growth. The poet looks back upon the -early rain" of autumn and winter (Nov. Feb.), which ha...
DISCOURSE: 604 GOD’S WORKS OF PROVIDENCE AND GRACE Psalms 65:9. Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water; thou preparest them c...
THOU VISITEST THE EARTH, &C.— A complete comment upon this sacred hymn, says Dr. Delaney, is not the work either of my province or genius; and therefore I shall only observe, that the last five verses...
PSALMS 65 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel's Temple-Song of Praise, on behalf of Herself and all Nations, chiefly in Grateful Acknowledgment of Seedtime and Harvest. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 65:1-4, Prep...
_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._ -God's power manifest...
RIDGES] RV 'furrows.' SETTLEST] levellest. FURROWS] RV 'ridges.'...
The allusions to the Temple worship show that this Ps. belongs to a later age than David's. As to its occasion we can gather that a national religious festival at Jerusalem was in view (Psalms 65:1),...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
THOU WATEREST... SETTLEST. — Better, by _watering ..._ _settling._ RIDGES... FURROWS. — These terms would be better transposed since by “settling” (literally, _pressing down_) is meant the softening...
_[Psalms 65:11]_ תְּלָמֶ֣יהָ רַ֭וֵּה נַחֵ֣ת גְּדוּדֶ֑יהָ בִּ...
Psalms 65:1 THIS and the two following psalms form a little group, with one great thought dominant in each, namely, that God's manifestations of grace and providence to Israel are witnesses to the wor...
ABUNDANT FAVOR FROM OUR GRACIOUS GOD Psalms 65:1 This joyous hymn was probably composed for use in the sanctuary at one of the great annual festivals. It deals expressly with God's bounty in the fer...
This is a great song of worship. The occasion would seem to be that of a harvest festival. The people are assembled for praise (verses Psa 65:1-4). God's particular goodness in the harvest is celebrat...
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 th...
I have not broken the thread of the subject in these verses, because the whole, taken together, forms a most beautiful description of the divine bounty in those several productions of nature. The bles...
10._Thou dost saturate its furrows _Some take the verbs as being in the optative mood, and construe the words as a prayer. But there can be little doubt that David still continues the strain of thanks...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 65, 66 AND 67. In Psalms 65-67 we have the bright side, the bright and joyful confidence of the saint who is conscious of being heard, and who, though not yet in...
THOU WATEREST THE RIDGES THEREOF ABUNDANTLY,.... Kimchi calls them the eminences of the earth, the little hills, the higher parts of ploughed land; those which lie between furrow and furrow seem to be...
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Ver. 10. _Thou waterest the ridges, &c._] The fo...
_Thou visitest_ In _mercy_, or with thy favour, _the earth, and waterest it_ The whole earth, which is full of thy bounty. So understood, he continues to speak of the general providence of God over al...
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly, drenching the furrows of the land, as they have been prepared by the plow; THOU SETTLEST THE FURROWS THEREOF, packing down the ground around the seed; THOU...
THANKSGIVING FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD. To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm and song of David, composed for the purpose of praising God for His spiritual blessings u...
THOU SETTLEST: Or, thou causest rain to descend into the furrows thereof THOU MAKEST IT SOFT: _ Heb._ thou dissolvest it...
6-13 That Almighty strength which sets fast the mountains, upholds the believer. That word which stills the stormy ocean, and speaks it into a calm, can silence our enemies. How contrary soever light...
THOU SETTLEST, to wit, in that condition which is fit for fruit. Or, _thou bringest down_; for the rain dissolves the high and hard clods of earth. When all is done, the fruitfulness of the earth must...
Psalms 65:10 water H7301 ridges H8525 abundantly H7301 (H8761) settle H5181 (H8763) furrows H1417 (H8676)...
3). AS WELL AS EXERCISING IRON CONTROL THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR ALSO MAKES FULL PROVISION FOR THE NEEDS OF HIS CREATION MAKING THE FIELDS AND PASTURELANDS BLOSSOM AND FLOURISH (PSALMS 65:9). As well as ex...
Psalms 65 This Psalm was evidently composed on the occasion of an abundant harvest, and was doubtless intended to be sung at the feast of harvest, the joyous feast of tabernacles. I. The abundant har...
Psalms 65:9 I. Spring follows winter, and ushers in summer, according to an appointed order. This fact teaches the continuous control and government of God. God seems to come with the coming in of ea...
CONTENTS: David gives to God the glory of His power and goodness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Praise is due to God from all the world because of His mighty works, but praise especially waits...
Psalms 65:2. _To thee shall all flesh come._ The gentile nations, in the uttermost parts of the earth, as in Psalms 65:5; Psalms 65:8; Psalms 22:27;...
_Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion: and unto Thee shall the vow be performed._ A HARVEST HYMN This is a psalm of thanksgiving for plentiful rain, falling at the critical time in a year of drou...
_Thou waterest the regions thereof abundantly: Thou settlest the furrows thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers: Thou blessest the springing thereof._ SPRING THOUGHTS 1. Spring follows winter and...
_Which by His strength setteth fast the mountains: being girded with power._ GOD AS HE APPEARS IN MATERIAL NATURE I. God in material nature working. 1. Settling (Psalms 65:6). He keeps all things i...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 65:1. This is a thanksgiving for a fruitful harvest (vv. Psalms 65:9), which has come because of God’s faithfulness to his covenant promises (v
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 65:9 The psalmist imagines what the ground itself would feel under God’s blessing. This is a land producing abundantly for man and beast. ⇐...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm and song of David_.” Or, “_A Psalm of David, a song_.” See Introduction to Psalms 48. In the Psalm it...
EXPOSITION THIS is a Song of unmixed praise and thankfulness. God is first praised for his moral qualities: (1) as Hearer of prayer (Psalms 65:2); (2) as Pardoner of sin (Psalms 65:3); (3) as Giver...
Psa 65:1-13 is another psalm of David and this psalm looks forward to the glorious Kingdom Age when Jesus is reigning upon the earth. And so this is a prophetic psalm, going on in to the next age that...
1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 3:7; Psalms 147:8...
ISRAEL'S COMING DAY Psalms 65:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of the Psalms must remain for a great part a closed Book unless we remember that David was a Prophet, and that being a Prophet he wrote m...
Bringest down — For the rain dissolves the high and hard clods of earth....