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Verse Psalms 65:10. _THOU WATEREST THE RIDGES_] In seedtime thou
sendest that measure of rain that is necessary, in order to prepare
the earth for the plough; and then, when the _ridges_ are thrown in...
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THOU WATEREST THE RIDGES THEREOF ABUNDANTLY - Or rather, its furrows,
for so the Hebrew word properly means. Job 31:38; Job 39:10. The
allusion is to the furrows made by the plow, which are filled wit...
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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 resti...
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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._...
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MAKEST IT SOFT. dissolvest it. Until the early rains fall, the ground
is as hard as. rock....
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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
joyo...
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Saturating its furrows, levelling its ridges:
Thou softenest it with showers, thou blessest its springing growth.
The poet looks back upon the -early rain" of autumn and winter (Nov.
Feb.), which ha...
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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 c...
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THOU VISITEST THE EARTH, &C.— A complete comment upon this sacred
hymn, says Dr. Delaney, is not the work either of my province or
genius; and therefore I shall only observe, that the last five verses...
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PSALMS 65
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Israel's Temple-Song of Praise, on behalf of Herself and all Nations,
chiefly in Grateful Acknowledgment of Seedtime and Harvest.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 65:1-4, Prep...
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_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._
-God's power manifest...
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RIDGES] RV 'furrows.' SETTLEST] levellest. FURROWS] RV 'ridges.'...
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The allusions to the Temple worship show that this Ps. belongs to a
later age than David's. As to its occasion we can gather that a
national religious festival at Jerusalem was in view (Psalms 65:1),...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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THOU WATEREST... SETTLEST. — Better, by _watering ..._ _settling._
RIDGES... FURROWS. — These terms would be better transposed since by
“settling” (literally, _pressing down_) is meant the softening...
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_[Psalms 65:11]_ תְּלָמֶ֣יהָ רַ֭וֵּה נַחֵ֣ת
גְּדוּדֶ֑יהָ בִּ...
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Psalms 65:1
THIS and the two following psalms form a little group, with one great
thought dominant in each, namely, that God's manifestations of grace
and providence to Israel are witnesses to the wor...
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ABUNDANT FAVOR FROM OUR GRACIOUS GOD
Psalms 65:1
This joyous hymn was probably composed for use in the sanctuary at one
of the great annual festivals. It deals expressly with God's bounty in
the fer...
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This is a great song of worship. The occasion would seem to be that of
a harvest festival. The people are assembled for praise (verses Psa
65:1-4). God's particular goodness in the harvest is celebrat...
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Thou (k) waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the
furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the
springing thereof.
(k) By this description he shows that all th...
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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 bles...
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10._Thou dost saturate its furrows _Some take the verbs as being in
the optative mood, and construe the words as a prayer. But there can
be little doubt that David still continues the strain of thanks...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 65, 66 AND 67.
In Psalms 65-67 we have the bright side, the bright and joyful
confidence of the saint who is conscious of being heard, and who,
though not yet in...
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THOU WATEREST THE RIDGES THEREOF ABUNDANTLY,.... Kimchi calls them the
eminences of the earth, the little hills, the higher parts of ploughed
land; those which lie between furrow and furrow seem to be...
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Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows
thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing
thereof.
Ver. 10. _Thou waterest the ridges, &c._] The fo...
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_Thou visitest_ In _mercy_, or with thy favour, _the earth, and
waterest it_ The whole earth, which is full of thy bounty. So
understood, he continues to speak of the general providence of God
over al...
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Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly, drenching the furrows of
the land, as they have been prepared by the plow; THOU SETTLEST THE
FURROWS THEREOF, packing down the ground around the seed; THOU...
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THANKSGIVING FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD.
To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm and
song of David, composed for the purpose of praising God for His
spiritual blessings u...
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THOU SETTLEST:
Or, thou causest rain to descend into the furrows thereof
THOU MAKEST IT SOFT:
_ Heb._ thou dissolvest it...
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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...
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THOU SETTLEST, to wit, in that condition which is fit for fruit. Or,
_thou bringest down_; for the rain dissolves the high and hard clods
of earth. When all is done, the fruitfulness of the earth must...
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Psalms 65:10 water H7301 ridges H8525 abundantly H7301 (H8761) settle
H5181 (H8763) furrows H1417 (H8676)...
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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).
As well as ex...
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Psalms 65
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 har...
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Psalms 65:9
I. Spring follows winter, and ushers in summer, according to an
appointed order. This fact teaches the continuous control and
government of God. God seems to come with the coming in of ea...
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CONTENTS: David gives to God the glory of His power and goodness.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Praise is due to God from all the world because of His
mighty works, but praise especially waits...
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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;...
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_Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion: and unto Thee shall the vow
be performed._
A HARVEST HYMN
This is a psalm of thanksgiving for plentiful rain, falling at the
critical time in a year of drou...
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_Thou waterest the regions thereof abundantly: Thou settlest the
furrows thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers: Thou blessest the
springing thereof._
SPRING THOUGHTS
1. Spring follows winter and...
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_Which by His strength setteth fast the mountains: being girded with
power._
GOD AS HE APPEARS IN MATERIAL NATURE
I. God in material nature working.
1. Settling (Psalms 65:6). He keeps all things i...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 65:1. This is a thanksgiving for a
fruitful harvest (vv. Psalms 65:9), which has come because of God’s
faithfulness to his covenant promises (v
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 65:9 The psalmist imagines what the ground
itself would feel under God’s blessing. This is a land producing
abundantly for man and beast.
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to
Psalms 57. “_A Psalm and song of David_.” Or, “_A Psalm of
David, a song_.” See Introduction to Psalms 48. In the Psalm it...
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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...
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Psa 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...
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1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 3:7; Psalms 147:8...
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ISRAEL'S COMING DAY
Psalms 65:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of the Psalms must remain for a great part a closed Book
unless we remember that David was a Prophet, and that being a Prophet
he wrote m...
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Bringest down — For the rain dissolves the high and hard clods of
earth....