Verses 1-13
LXV. A Psalm of Thanksgiving.
Psalms 65:1-Numbers : . 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-Ruth : . For God’ s sovereignty in nature. In Psalms 65:5 read “ afar off on the sea-coasts,” and observe in Psalms 65:5 and Psalms 65:8 the approach to a universal religion, the religion of humanity, as distinct from a merely national religion. They imply much more distinctly than Psalms 65:2 some “ feeling after God” on the part of the heathen.
Psalms 65:8 . The evening, like the day, is personified and goes forth from its house to cover the earth.
Psalms 65:9-1 Chronicles : . For an abundant harvest, which probably furnished the immediate occasion of the hymn.
Psalms 65:9 . waterest it: substitute “ givest it abundance.”— The river of God is the ocean above the firmament ( Genesis 1:6 f.*, Genesis 7:11), which descends in rain from time to time— for so preparest thou the earth ( mg.) : i.e. as described in Psalms 65:10, viz. by watering the furrows, etc.
Psalms 65:11 . Wherever God passes over the earth, fruitfulness attends His steps.
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