Psalms 65:13

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 and darkness are to each other, it is hard to say which is most welcome. Does the watchman wait for the morning? so does the labourer earnestly desire the shades of evening. Some understand it of the morning and evening sacrifices. We are to look upon daily worship, both alone and with our families, to be the most needful of our daily occupations, the most delightful of our daily comforts. How much the fruitfulness of this lower part of the creation depends upon the influence of the upper, is easy to observe; every good and perfect gift is from above. He who enriches the earth, which is filled with man's sins, by his abundant and varied bounty, can neither want power nor will to feed the so...

Verse Psalms 65:13. _THE PASTURES ARE CLOTHED WITH FLOCKS_] Cattle are seen in every plain, avenue, and vista, feeding abundantly; and the _valleys_ are _clothed_, and wave with the richest _harvests_; and transports of joy are heard every where in the cheerful songs of the peasantry, the singing of the birds, the neighing of the horse, the lowing of the ox, and the bleating of the sheep. Claudian uses the same image: - Viridis amictus montium. "The green vesture of the mountains." _SHOUT FOR JOY, THEY ALSO SING._] They are not loud and unmeaning sounds, they are both music and harmony in their different notes; all together form one great concert, and the _bounty of God_ is the subject which they all celebrate. What an inimit

THE PASTURES ARE CLOTHED WITH FLOCKS - The flocks stand so thick together, and are spread so far, that they seem to be a clothing for the pasture; or, the fields are entirely covered with them. THE VALLEYS ALSO ARE COVERED OVER WITH CORN - With grain. That is, the parts of the land - the fertile valleys - which are devoted to tillage. They are covered over, or clothed with waving grain, as the pasture-fields are with flocks. THEY SHOUT FOR JOY, THEY ALSO SING - They seem to be full of joy and happiness. What a beautiful image is this! How well does it express the loveliness of nature; how appropriately does it describe the goodness of God! Everything seems to be happy; to be full of song; and all this is to be traced to the goodness of God, as it all serves to express that goodness. Strange that there should be an atheist in such a world as this; - strange tha

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 of blessings in his courts (Psalms 65:4); and (4) as Deliverer of his people from their enemies (Psalms 65:5). Next, God is praised for his might and majesty in nature (Psalms 65:6). Lastly, he is praised for his goodness and bounty in conn

THE PASTURES ARE CLOTHED WITH FLOCKS,.... Of sheep, which are so thick, that there is scarce anything to be seen upon the pastures but them; which look as if they were clothed with them: these may intend the multitude of converts, signified by the flocks of Kedar, and rams of Nebaioth; which gathering about the church, and joining to her, she clothes herself with them as with an ornament, Isaiah 60:7 it may be rendered the "rams clothe", or "cover, the flocks" s; or the flocks are clothed, or covered, with the rams, as expressive of their copulation with them; and so the Targum, "the rams ascend upon the flocks;'' which sense is favoured by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions; THE VALLEYS ALSO ARE COVERED OVER WITH CORN; being made very fruitful with the rain, and bringing forth in great abundance; so humble souls are the mo

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 restitution of all things as spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began. Here we get the visions of Israel's restoration, her spiritual blessings and her praise unto the Lord, and what will be the result for the nations and for all creation. We recommend a careful study in details by comparing Scripture with Scripture. In this Psalm Zion is mentioned first. It will be the joy of the whole earth and His praises will sound forth from the glorious place of His rest. Then He who answereth prayer unt

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._ Isaiah 66:23 and Joel 2:28), but is better taken in a wider sense. Psalms 65:3. Read, against us (LXX). PSALMS 65:5. For God's sovereignty in natur

TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64....

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....

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 corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness: they drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks: the valleys also are covered over with corn: they shout for joy; they also sing_. ON what occasion this psalm was written is not certainly known: but it is probable that the inspired penman wrote it on the removal of the famine which God sent to punish the cruelty of Saul and of his bloody ho