Psalms 65:2

O thou that hearest prayer God is thus addressed, because He has given His people cause for the present thanksgiving by hearing their prayers. But the words are more than a reference to a particular answer to prayer. They proclaim that it is His inalienable attribute, His -nature and property," to hear and answer prayer.

unto thee shall all flesh come At first sight the context seems to limit -all flesh" to Israel, contemplated in its weakness and frailty as needing the strength of God (Joel 2:28). But it seems more consonant to the spirit of this and the two following Psalms to take it in the wider sense of all mankind. Already the Psalmist beholds the Temple becoming a house of prayer for all nations (Mark 11:17). It is no larger hope than was entertained by Isaiah and Micah (Isaiah 2:2 ff; Micah 4:1 ff) if not by some earlier prophet whom they both quote. Cp. Jeremiah 16:19; Isaiah 45:24; Isaiah 66:23; Psalms 22:27; Psalms 86:9; Psalms 94:10.