Psalms 65:1

Praise waiteth for thee The phrase beautifully suggests the idea of a grateful people, assembled to render thanks to God, and only waiting for the festival to begin. But this can hardly be the meaning of the original. The renderings, For thee praise is silent, or, silence is praise, give no appropriate meaning, for though prayer may be silent (Psalms 62:1), praise calls for vocal expression. The R.V. marg., There shall be silence before theeand praise, O God, involves a harsh asyndeton. It remains to follow the LXX (πρέπει, Vulg. te decet hymnus), which preserves a slightly different tradition as to the vocalisation of the Hebrew, and to render, Praise beseemeth thee, O God, in Zion.

the vow Or, collectively, vows. Cp. Psalms 66:13; and for vows and praises coupled together see Psalms 22:25; Psalms 61:8. At the end of the verse P.B.V. adds in Jerusalem, from the LXX (most MSS. though not the Vatican) and Vulg., completing the parallelism, as in Psalms 102:21; Psalms 147:12.