1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. A Canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go into exile. 2 O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem. 3 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you. 4 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties. 5 Blessed is he whom you have chosen and taken up. He will dwell in your courts. We will be filled with the good things of your house. Holy is your temple: 6 wonderful in equity. Hear us, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of a sea far away. 7 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power. 8 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled, 9 and those who dwell at the limits will be afraid, before your signs. You will make the passing of morning and evening enjoyable. 10 You have visited the earth, and you have saturated it. You have enriched it in so many ways. The river of God has been filled with water. You have prepared their food. For thus is its preparation. 11 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers. 12 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance. 13 The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation. 14 The rams of the sheep have been clothed, and the valleys will abound with grain. They will cry out; yes, they will even utter a hymn.
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Psalm 64 (65) Catholic Public Domain Version
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Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 62:1; Psalm 76:11; Psalm 116:17–18; Psalm 21:13; 1 Chronicles 25:1–31
- 2 Psalm 62:1; Psalm 76:11; Psalm 116:17–18; Psalm 21:13; 1 Chronicles 25:1–31
- 3 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Isaiah 65:24; Isaiah 66:23; 1 John 5:14–15; Psalm 86:9
- 4 Psalm 38:4; Isaiah 6:7; Psalm 79:9; 1 John 1:7–9; Hebrews 9:14
- 5 Ephesians 1:4; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 106:4–5; Psalm 33:12
- 6 Deuteronomy 10:21; Isaiah 45:22; Revelation 15:3–4; Psalm 66:3; Psalm 45:4
- 7 Psalm 93:1; Habakkuk 3:6; Psalm 119:90; Micah 6:2; Isaiah 51:9
- 8 Psalm 89:9; Psalm 93:3–4; Isaiah 17:12–13; Psalm 107:29; John 18:6
- 9 Psalm 148:3; Psalm 136:8; Psalm 104:20–23; Psalm 74:16; Psalm 48:5–6
- 10 Psalm 46:4; Revelation 22:1; Psalm 104:13–15; Jeremiah 5:24; Psalm 68:9–10
- 11 1 Corinthians 3:6–7; Psalm 147:8; Deuteronomy 32:2
- 12 Joel 2:21–26; Psalm 103:4; Psalm 5:12; Psalm 36:8; Haggai 2:19
- 13 Job 38:26–27; Psalm 104:10–13; Joel 2:22; Isaiah 61:10–11; Psalm 65:6
- 14 Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 35:1–2; Isaiah 30:23; Acts 14:17; Psalm 96:11–13
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 65.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Though chiefly the Lord's Passion is noticed in this Psalm, neither could the Martyrs have been strong, unless they had beheld Him, that first suffered; nor such things would they have endured in suffering, as He did, unless they had hoped for such things in the Resurrection as He had showed of Himself: but your Holiness knoweth that our Head …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… times; because "old things have passed away," and "behold all things are become new;" and "because our salvation is nearer than when we believed;" and because "the night is far spent, the day is at hand;" and because Thou wilt crown Thy year with blessing, sending the labourers of Thy goodness into Thy harvest, in the sowing of which others …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)