Psalms 65:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David. » Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. _A Psalm and Song of David_] Made by him, as it is thought, when the people were delivered from that three years' famine for the slaughter of the Gib... [ Continue Reading ]
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Ver. 2. _O thou that hearest prayer_] And art thereby known to be the true God, 1 Kings 18:38,39, and no such dull deity as the heathens worshipped, Isaiah 45:16; Isaiah 45:19 Micah 7:17,18. O happy we that have to deal with such a prayer... [ Continue Reading ]
Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. Ver. 3. _Iniquities prevail against me_] And seek to choke my prayers; they prick me in the foot, as it were, that I cannot come to thee in prayer; or not with that confidence; but that is more than needs, since... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple. Ver. 4. _Blessed is the man whom thou choosest_] Whom thou choosest for thy love, and then lovest him for t... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 65:5 [By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea: Ver. 5. _By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us_] As he did when he gave the law in Mo... [ Continue Reading ]
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power: Ver. 6. _Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains_] Why, then, should it seem incredible that he will do all manner of good to his elect, for whose sake he made all at first, and still upholdeth all by the word of... [ Continue Reading ]
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. Ver. 7. _Which stilleth the noise of the seas_] Making a calm at his pleasure; he hath the sea itself, that brutish creature, at his beck and check; so hath he also devils, and masterless men, who seek to... [ Continue Reading ]
_They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice._ Ver. 8. _They also that dwell in the uttermost parts, &c._] And are, therefore, _Duri, horridi, immanes, latrociniis dediti, omnium denique pessimi,_ not farther... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 9. _Thou visitest the earth, &c._] _i.e._ With a gracious rain, and so makest it to become an _alma parens_ to men a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 forementioned mercy of God in producing a harvest he further amplifieth and explaineth by the parts, t... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. Ver. 11. _Thou crownest the year with thy goodness_] While each month produceth its several fruits or commodities; so that the whole is, as it were, a crown royal; but especially a year of extraordinary plenty, such as was the la... [ Continue Reading ]
They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. Ver. 12. _Rejoice on every side_] Heb. Are girded with joy, which in time of drought seems to be clad in sackcloth.... [ Continue Reading ]
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. Ver. 13. _The pastures, &c._] Here is stately rhetoric all along.... [ Continue Reading ]