Psalms 65:1
WAITETH] 'is silent,' an obscure expression. LXX has' praise beseemeth thee.'... [ Continue Reading ]
WAITETH] 'is silent,' an obscure expression. LXX has' praise beseemeth thee.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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), that a striking national deliverance had produced a wide-spread impression of God's power (Psalms 65... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL FLESH] God is thought of as the God, not only of Israel, but of all the world: cp. 5b.... [ Continue Reading ]
ME.. OUR] The Psalmist speaks, now for himself, now in the name of the nation.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Even_ OF THY HOLY TEMPLE] RV 'the holy place of thy temple.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_By_ TERRIBLE THINGS] by impressive deliverances. IN RIGHTEOUSNESS] connected with 'thou wilt answer us' (RV).... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THY TOKENS] the manifestations of Thy power. OUTGOINGS, etc.] the gates of morning and evening, the E. and the W. REJOICE] shout for joy—the inhabitants of E. and W. are meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. by the plentiful early rain (Nov.-Feb.).... [ Continue Reading ]
RIDGES] RV 'furrows.' SETTLEST] levellest. FURROWS] RV 'ridges.'... [ Continue Reading ]
READ, 'Thou crownest the year of thy goodness' (RM). The prospect of a rich harvest was only the last gift in a year of many blessings and deliverances. THY PATHS DROP FATNESS] God is pictured as walking through the land, and causing fertilising showers to fall wherever He treads.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. continues.... [ Continue Reading ]