Psalms 65
65
What a Savior
For the Pure and Shining One
King David’s poetic song
1-2O God in Zion, to you even silence is praise!
You who answers prayer, # 65:1–2 The root of the Hebrew word for “prayer” is palal, which also means “tent peg.” Jewish tradition views palal prayer (intercession) as a means of attaching yourself to God. In the same way a tent peg establishes a tent and fastens it securely, so palal prayer fastens the soul to God. Palal prayer is when you grab hold of God and attach yourself to him in surrender and humility. Hold on to God like a tent peg holds on to a tent.
all of humanity comes before you with their requests.
3Though we are overcome by our many sins,
your sacrifice covers over them all.
4How blessed is the one you choose
to live near you in your courts.
The beauty of your house, your holy temple, satisfies us.
5You answer our prayers with amazing wonders
and with awe-inspiring displays of power.
You are the righteous God who helps us like a father.
Everyone everywhere looks to you,
for you are the confidence of all the earth,
even to the farthest islands of the sea.
6What jaw-dropping, astounding power is yours!
You are the mountain maker who sets them all in place.
7You muzzle the roar of the mighty seas
and the rage of mobs with their noisy riots.
8O God, to the farthest corners of the planet
people will stand in awe,
startled and stunned by your signs and wonders.
Sunrise brilliance and sunset beauty
both take turns singing their songs of joy to you.
9Your visitations of glory bless the earth; # 65:9 The Septuagint reads “You’ve made the earth drunk with your visitations.”
the rivers of God overflow and enrich it.
You paint the wheat fields golden as you provide rich harvests.
10Every field is watered with the abundance of rain—
showers soaking the earth and softening its clods,
causing seeds to sprout throughout the land.
11You crown the earth with the fruits of your goodness.
Wherever you go, the tracks of your chariot wheels drip with oil.
12Luxuriant green pastures boast of your bounty
as you make every hillside blossom with joy.
13The grazing meadows are covered with flocks,
and the fertile valleys are clothed with grain,
each one dancing and shouting for joy, creation’s celebration!
They’re all singing their songs of praise to you!
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65
Thanksgiving for God’s Blessings
1For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.
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2To you we owe our hymn of praise,
O God on Zion;
To you our vows#Vows: the Israelites were accustomed to promising sacrifices in the Temple if their prayers were heard. must be fulfilled,
3#To you all flesh must come: all must have recourse to God’s mercy.you who hear our prayers.
To you all flesh must come#Is 66:23.
4with its burden of wicked deeds.
We are overcome by our sins;
only you can pardon them.#Ps 32:1–2; 78:38; Is 1:18.
5Blessed the one whom you will choose and bring
to dwell in your courts.
May we be filled with the good things of your house,
your holy temple!
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6You answer us with awesome deeds#Awesome deeds: the acts of creating—installing mountains, taming seas, restraining nations (Ps 65:7–8)—that are visible worldwide (Ps 65:6, 9). of justice,
O God our savior,
The hope of all the ends of the earth
and of those far off across the sea.#Is 66:19.
7You are robed in power,
you set up the mountains by your might.
8You still the roaring of the seas,#Ps 89:10; 107:29; Jb 38:11; Mt 8:26.
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.#Is 17:12.
9Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;
the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
10#Apparently a description of the agricultural year, beginning with the first fall rains that soften the hard sun-baked soil (Ps 65:9–10).You visit the earth and water it,
make it abundantly fertile.#Lv 26:4; Is 30:23, 25; Jl 2:22–23.
God’s stream#God’s stream: the fertile waters of the earth derive from God’s fertile waters in the heavenly world. is filled with water;
you supply their grain.
Thus do you prepare it:
11you drench its plowed furrows,
and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft,
blessing its young sprouts.
12You adorn the year with your bounty;
your paths#Paths: probably the tracks of God’s storm chariot dropping rain upon earth. drip with fruitful rain.
13The meadows of the wilderness also drip;
the hills are robed with joy.
14The pastures are clothed with flocks,
the valleys blanketed with grain;
they cheer and sing for joy.#Is 44:23.
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