Fire and water, which the Egyptians considered as the emblem of purity, (Horus. xli.) and which here denote the greatest tribulations. (Calmet) --- The just still overcome by God's grace, (Worthington) notwithstanding all the efforts of tyrants who may be set over them. (Menochius)
Verse Psalms 65:12. _THE PASTURES OF THE WILDERNESS_] Even the places which are not cultivated have their _sufficiency of moisture_, so as to render them proper places of pasturage for cattle. The ter...
THEY DROP UPON THE PASTURES OF THE WILDERNESS - The waste places, or the waste parts of the land; the uncultivated places, the places of rocks and sands. The word wilderness in the Scriptures does not...
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._...
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...
_the pastures of the wilderness_ Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 23:10; Joel 1:19-20; Joel 2:22. -Wilderness" denotes the open uncultivated country used for
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...
THE WILDERNESS] not a desert, but open pasture-land—a 'steppe' or 'veldt.' THE LITTLE HILLS, etc.] RV 'the hills are girded with joy'—a fine poetic personification of nature which the next v. continue...
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...
THEY DROP UPON. — Supply “fatness” from the last verse. AND THE LITTLE HILLS. — See margin. The freshness and beauty of plant life, which suddenly, as by a miracle, in Eastern lands clothes the hill-...
_[Psalms 65:13]_ יִ֭רְעֲפוּ נְאֹ֣ות מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝ גִ֗יל...
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...
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...
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...
THEY DROP [UPON] THE PASTURES OF THE WILDERNESS,.... As well as upon the ploughed land, and turn them into a fruitful field; which may denote the Gentile world, whither the Gospel was sent by Christ,...
They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. Ver. 12. _Rejoice on every side_] Heb. Are girded with joy, which in time of drought seems to be clad in s...
_Thou crownest the year with thy goodness_ Thou, by thy powerful goodness, dost enrich and adorn all the seasons of the year with their proper fruits and blessings. _And thy paths_ Either, 1st, _Thy c...
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...
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, that is, the very pastures of the steppe, the untilled meadow-lands, show rich fruitfulness; AND THE LITTLE HILLS REJOICE ON EVERY SIDE, girding themselv...
REJOICE ON EVERY SIDE: _ Heb._ are girded with joy...
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...
THEY, God's paths, DROP UPON THE PASTURES OF THE WILDERNESS; which, though neglected by men, are furnished by God with food for wild beasts, which, being his creatures, he careth for by this means. TH...
Psalms 65:12 drop H7491 (H8799) pastures H4999 wilderness H4057 hills H1389 rejoice H1524 side H2296 (H8799)...
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...
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;...
_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...
_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...
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...
Isaiah 55:9; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 61:11; Job 38:26; Job 38:27;...
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...
Wilderness — Which though neglected by men, are furnished with food for beasts....