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 joyous landscape rich with promise.
Verse Psalms 65:9. _THOU VISITEST THE EARTH_] God is represented as going through the whole globe, and examining the wants of every part, and directing the _clouds_ how and where to deposit their fert...
THOU VISITEST THE EARTH - God seems to come down that he may attend to the needs of the earth; survey the condition of things; arrange for the welfare of the world which he has made; and supply the ne...
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._...
RIVER. Hebrew. _peleg._ Always plural, except here; and always connected with. garden. See notes on Psalms 1:3 and Proverbs 21:1. Compare Revelation 22:1;...
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...
65:9 earth, (f-5) As Psalms 58:2 . it; (g-9) Or 'made it overflow.' their (h-24) i.e. of men. it. (i-31) i.e. the earth....
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),...
WITH THE RIVER, etc.] RV 'the river of God is full of water.' The rain is meant, or its source in the sky. THOU PREPAREST, etc.] RV 'thou providest them corn when thou hast so prepared the earth,' i.e...
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 VISITEST... — Better, _Thou hast visited._ Even if there is not reference to some particular season of plenty, yet with a glance back on the memory of such. Instead of “earth,” perhaps, here, “la...
_[Psalms 65:10]_ פָּקַ֥דְתָּ הָ אָ֨רֶץ ׀ וַ תְּשֹׁ֪קְקֶ֡הָ...
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 (g) visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the (h) river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for (i) it. (g) That...
_Moved. The apostles were most courageous. Only those Jews returned, who had separated themselves from impure idols, 1 Esdras v. 21. The Church never fails. If some apostatize, others embrace the fait...
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...
9._Thou hast visited the earth, and watered it _This and the verbs which follow denote action continually going forward, and may therefore be rendered in the present tense. The exact meaning of the se...
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 VISITEST THE EARTH, AND WATEREST IT,.... So the Lord looked upon the earth, quickly after its formation, before rain came upon it, and he watered the whole face of the ground, Genesis 2:5; so he...
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. Ver. 9. _Thou visites...
_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...
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 visitest the earth and waterest it; God's providential care is so obvious that He clearly attends to the wants of the land, arranges for its welfare, and moistens it with rain; THOU GREATLY ENRIC...
WATEREST IT: Or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain...
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...
VISITEST, to wit, in mercy, or with thy favour, as this word is oft used. THE EARTH; the whole earth, which is full of thy bounty. So he continues to declare the general providence of God to all men a...
Psalms 65:9 visit H6485 (H8804) earth H776 water H7783 (H8787) greatly H7227 enrich H6238 (H8686) river...
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 65:9 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...
Psalms 65:9 I. Where is the fountain of the river of God? Every river has a spring or fountain some pool or rocky cavern where it first springs up out of the deep, dark earth. The fountain of the rai...
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;...
_Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it._ THE DIVINE VISITATIONS I. God’s visit to the earth in his providence. It is to this visit that our text immediately refers: “Thou visitest the earth, and w...
_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...
1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:18; Acts 14:17; Deuteronomy 11:11;...
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...
River — With rain, which he very significantly calls a river for its plenty, and the river of God, of God's immediate providing. Them — The inhabitants of the earth. Provided — Or, disposed, the earth...