Psalm 65:8-13

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 65:13

65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, {l} they also sing.(l) That is, the dumb creatures will not only rejoice for a time for God’s benefits, but will continually sing. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 65:8

This is a sweet verse, if read with reference to Christ: looking at him as the morning and evening sacrifice set forth under the law, and reading God's covenant of the perpetuity of morning and evening, seed-time and harvest; these things become very refreshing to the soul. Well might the church, therefore, under these impressions, record the faithfulness of the Lord. Pray look at those scriptures in proof: Numbers 28:3-8 ; Genesis 8:20-22 ; Lamentations 3:22-23 . And what are the tokens at... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 65:9-13

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 blessings of the Lord in fruitful gifts and seasons to the earth, and to the inhabitants of it, are delightfully set forth. And as Moses taught Israel to expect the perpetual return of those things, so the continued enjoyment of them should call forth blessings and praises to the almighty Giver. Exodus... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 65:13

REFLECTIONS MY soul, I charge it upon thee, by the outgoings of the morning and the evening, that in those constant recurrences of day and night, thou wait in the silence of the most awakened meditation, for goings forth in praise and prayer, in humblings and rejoicings, before the mercy-seat of God in Christ. Say, my soul, canst thou really, truly, heartily, sincerely, adopt this language - praise waited for thee, my God, in Zion? Canst thou look up to thy Jesus, and say, Oh! thou that hearest... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:8

Gentiles. By this invitation, he predicts their conversion. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:9

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 faith. (Worthington) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:10

Tried. So Daniel was treated, Daniel iii. 21. The Babylonian captivity is compared to a furnace, as well as all severe trials of virtue, Proverbs xvii. 3., and Zacharias xiii. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:11

Back. Hebrew, "loins." The Captives had experienced the greatest miseries, as the martyrs of Christ have done since. (Calmet) --- The Church is put to the most severe trials. (Worthington) --- Yet God brings no one into the net of sin. This is solely the effect of man's corruption. (Haydock) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:12

Fire and water, which the Egyptians considered as the emblem of purity, (Horus. xli.) and which here denote the greatest tribulations. (Calmet) --- The just still overcome by God's grace, (Worthington) notwithstanding all the efforts of tyrants who may be set over them. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 65:6-13

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... read more

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