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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 65:9-13

3). As Well As Exercising Iron Control The Almighty Creator Also Makes Full Provision For The Needs Of His Creation Making The Fields And Pasturelands Blossom And Flourish (Psalms 65:9-13 ). As well as exercising iron control, God makes full provision for the needs of His creation. These verses may well have been sung in anticipation of good harvests of both grain and livestock, and in order to encourage God to provide them, but the words are general and suggest universality. God makes... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 65:1-13

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... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 65:11

Thou, by thy powerful goodness, dost enrich and adorn all the seasons of the year with their proper fruits and blessings. Thy paths; the clouds, upon which God is frequently said to walk or ride, as Job 36:28; Job 38:26,Job 38:27; Psalms 104:3; Nahum 1:3; which sense is favoured by the next verse, where these paths are said to drop, &c. Drop fatness; make the earth fat and fruitful. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 65:1-13

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“To the Chief Musician.” See Introduction to Psalms 57:0. “A Psalm and song of David.” Or, “A Psalm of David, a song.” See Introduction to Psalms 48:0. In the Psalm itself there are evidences, which Hengstenberg points out, that it is the production of David. The Psalm was probably composed as a psalm of thanksgiving for the blessings of the harvest; in anticipation of an approaching harvest, at Hengstenberg suggests, or on the completion of harvest, as Hitzig... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:1-13

Psalms 65:0 This Psalm was evidently composed on the occasion of an abundant harvest, and was doubtless intended to be sung at the feast of harvest, the joyous feast of tabernacles. I. The abundant harvest is regarded as an answer to vows and prayers, and a token of pardoning mercy. (1) The people had appealed to God and addressed to Him their vows and supplications. (2) To vows and prayers they had joined humble and penitent confession of their sins. When the evil passed away from them, they... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 65:9-13

DISCOURSE: 604GOD’S WORKS OF PROVIDENCE AND GRACEPsalms 65:9-13. 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... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 65:1-13

Psalms 65:1-13 Psalms 65:1-13 is another psalm of David and this psalm looks forward to the glorious Kingdom Age when Jesus is reigning upon the earth. And so this is a prophetic psalm, going on in to the next age that is fast approaching.Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come ( Psalms 65:1-2 )."Every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 65:1-13

Psalms 65:2 . To thee shall all flesh come. The gentile nations, in the uttermost parts of the earth, as in Psalms 65:5; Psalms 65:8. Psalms 22:27; Psalms 66:1-4. Psalms 65:3 . Iniquities prevail against me. Hebrews the words [and devices] of iniquity are strong against me; that is, the lies and slanders of wicked men. As for our transgressions, the sins we have really committed, thou shalt purge them away by the blood of atonement. Hebrews 9:14. Psalms 65:9 . Thou visitest... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 65:1-13

Psalms 65:1-13Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion: and unto Thee shall the vow be performed.A harvest hymnThis is a psalm of thanksgiving for plentiful rain, falling at the critical time in a year of drought and ensuring a plentiful harvest. To an agricultural people this was a memorable mercy.I. The attitude of the worshippers (Psalms 65:1-4). The opening words, “Praise is silent for Thee, O God, in Zion,” describe the hush of a multitude just ready to burst forth in song. The air is full... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 65:6-13

Psalms 65:6-13Which by His strength setteth fast the mountains: being girded with power.God as He appears in material natureI. God in material nature working.1. Settling (Psalms 65:6). He keeps all things in their place. There is a principle of dissolution in every part of nature. All things that are settled in nature are settled being “girded” by His “power.”2. Tranquillizing (Psalms 65:7).(1) How tumultuous is the sea at times! When the stormy winds lash it into fury; then its billows rise... read more

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