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 forces alike of nature and of the nations.
Verse Psalms 65:5. By _TERRIBLE THINGS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS_] The _Vulgate_ joins this clause to the preceding verse: "Thy holy temple is wonderful in righteousness: thou wilt hear us, O God of our salva...
BY TERRIBLE THINGS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS WILT THOU ANSWER US - That is, By things suited to inspire us and all people with awe, or with a deep sense of thy majesty, thy power, and thy glory. The answer to...
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._...
CONFIDENCE. Hebrew. _batah._ See App-69....
BY TERRIBLE THINGS, &C.— _Wonderful things in righteousness wilt thou answer us,_ &c. By these are meant the works of God's providence, mentioned in the following verses; which, however they may be di...
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...
_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...
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),...
_By_ TERRIBLE THINGS] by impressive deliverances. IN RIGHTEOUSNESS] connected with 'thou wilt answer us' (RV)....
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...
BY TERRIBLE THINGS. — Rather, _wondrously,_ a noun used adverbially. WILT THOU ANSWER US. — Better, _Thou dost answer us;_ describing the usual course of God’s providence. The LXX. and Vulg. make it...
_[Psalms 65:6]_ נֹ֤ורָאֹ֨ות ׀ בְּ צֶ֣דֶק תַּ֭עֲנֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵ֣י...
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...
[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...
_Men. Choosing some, and rejecting others, (St. Jerome) calling the Gentiles, while he casts off the Jews. (St. Augustine)_...
Here every child of God can join issue in attesting the truth of this scripture in his own experience. Say, what was the heart occupied in, when God the Spirit first visited the soul? Not in seeking G...
5_Terrible things _(453) _in righteousness wilt thou answer to us _He proceeds to illustrate, although in a somewhat different form, the same point of the blessedness of those who are admitted into th...
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...
[BY] TERRIBLE THINGS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS WILT THOU ANSWER US,.... Not by afflictive dispensations of Providence, which, though disagreeable to flesh and blood, and are sometimes terrible to good men, whe...
Psalms 65:5 [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: Ver...
_By terrible things_, &c. Or, _in a terrible manner;_ that is, so as to strike thy people with a holy awe and reverence of thee, and of thy judgments, and thine enemies with dread and horror. The Chal...
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...
By terrible things in righteousness wilt Thou answer us, O God of our salvation, the awe-inspiring things being chiefly the mighty deeds and miracles of God in leading His people out of the bondage of...
1-5 All the praise the Lord receives from this earth is from Zion, being the fruit of the Spirit of Christ, and acceptable through him. Praise is silent unto thee, as wanting words to express the gre...
BY TERRIBLE THINGS; or, _in a terrible manner_, i.e. so as to strike thy people with a holy awe and reverence of thee and of thy judgments, and thine enemies with dread and horror. Or, _in a wonderful...
Psalms 65:5 deeds H3372 (H8737) righteousness H6664 answer H6030 (H8799) God H430 salvation H3468 confidence H4009 ends
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...
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;...
_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...
_By terrible things in righteousness wilt Thou answer us, O God of our salvation._ GOD’S TERRIBLE THINGS Now, it is here we are to ponder such things, and to seek a solution of these mysteries. We ha...
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 65:5 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...
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...
Deuteronomy 10:21; Deuteronomy 4:34; Ephesians 2:17; Ephesians 2:18;...
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...
Righteousness — By virtue of thy faithfulness, and goodness. Wilt thou — Thou wilt graciously answer our prayers. The confidence — Thou art the stay and support of all mankind, by thy powerful and gra...