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Verse Psalms 65:6. _SETTETH FAST THE MOUNTAINS_] It is by thy
strength they have been raised, and by thy power they are girded about
or preserved. He represents the mountains as being formed and pitc...
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WHICH BY HIS STRENGTH SETTETH FAST THE MOUNTAINS - Fixing them firm on
their foundations. This is an exhibition of vast strength or power on
the part of God, as if he fixed them so firm that they coul...
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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...
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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._...
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WHICH. Who....
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In the future, as in the past, God will prove His righteousness by
awe-inspiring acts on behalf of His people in answer to their prayers,
for He has created and sustains the universe, and controls the...
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_setteth fast the mountains_ The mountains poetically represent the
strongest and most solid parts of the earth (Psalms 18:7; Psalms 46:2
f). These He has created and sustains. Comp. the appeals of Am...
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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...
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_BY TERRIBLE THINGS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS WILT THOU 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 SEA:_
-The manifestations...
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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),...
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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...
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GIRDED. — We see the Divine Architect of the world, girt for his
labours in the Oriental fashion (see Note, Psalms 18:32), setting the
mountains firm on their bases (comp. Psalms 75:3), the poet evide...
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_[Psalms 65:7]_ מֵכִ֣ין הָרִ֣ים בְּ כֹחֹ֑ו
נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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In him. God, (Haydock) Jesus, (Eusebius) or "on it," the river
Euphrates, which we shall pass over with as much ease, as our
ancestors did the Red Sea. So the prophets frequently speak in a
figurative...
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While we accept these scriptures as continuations of God's sovereign
power in the kingdom of nature, let us read them also, as the Holy
Ghost hath graciously given them, in this and other passages of...
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6._By his strength setting fast the mountains _For the sake of
illustration, he instances the power of God seen in the general fabric
of the world. In these times it sounded as a new and strange truth...
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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...
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WHICH BY HIS STRENGTH SETTETH FAST THE MOUNTAINS,.... In the first
creation and formation of them, when they were settled on their basis
so firmly that they are rarely removed, and when they are it is...
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_Which setteth fast the mountains_ That they are not overthrown by
floods, or earthquakes, or other natural causes; which stability they
have only from God's preserving providence, which alone sustain...
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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...
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which by His strength setteth fast the mountains, being girded with
power, He, as the true Master Workman, laying their foundation secure,
for He brought them forth by His almighty power;...
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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...
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SETTEST FAST THE MOUNTAINS; that they are not overthrown by floods, or
winds, or earthquakes, or other natural or violent causes; which
stability they have only from God's providence, which sustains a...
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Psalms 65:6 established H3559 (H8688) mountains H2022 strength H3581
clothed H247 (H8737) power H1369
Which -...
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2). HAVING APPROACHED GOD IN A PERSONAL WAY DAVID NOW GIVES A
DESCRIPTION OF HIS MIGHTY POWER EXERCISED OVER ALL CREATION, AND OVER
ALL PEOPLES. HE EMPHASISES THE FACT THAT GOD'S PEOPLE ARE SAFE UNDER...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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_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...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 65:5 This section recalls the AWESOME DEEDS God
has done for his people. The special focus is creation, which ties in
well with the celebration of a fruitful harvest. The OT often...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 2:4; Habakkuk 3:6; Isaiah 51:9; Micah 6:2; Psalms 119:90;...
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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...