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Psalm 65 Literal Standard Version

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. A SONG. To You, silence [and] praise, O God, in Zion, || And to You a vow is completed.
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.
2 Hearer of prayer, all flesh comes to You.
2 You who hear prayer, all men will come to you.
3 Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, || Our transgressions—You cover them.
3 Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.
4 O the blessedness of [him whom] You choose, || And draw near, he inhabits Your courts, || We are satisfied with the goodness of Your house, || Your holy temple.
4 Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
5 By fearful things in righteousness You answer us, || O God of our salvation, || The confidence of all far off || The ends of the earth and sea.
5 By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.
6 Establishing mountains by His power, || He has been girded with might,
6 By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength.
7 Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, || And the multitude of the peoples.
7 You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.
8 And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts || Are afraid from Your signs, || You cause the outgoings of morning and evening to sing.
8 They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
9 You have inspected the earth, and water it, || You make it very rich, the stream of God [is] full of water, || You prepare their grain, || When thus You prepare it,
9 You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
10 Its ridges have been filled, || Its furrow has been deepened, || You soften it with showers, || Its springing up You bless.
10 You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.
11 You have crowned the year of Your goodness, || And Your paths drop fatness.
11 You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.
12 The pastures of a wilderness drop, || And You gird the hills with joy.
12 The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
13 The meadows are clothed with the flock, || And valleys are covered with grain, || They shout—indeed, they sing!
13 The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.
Cross references (13)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 62:1; Psalm 76:11; Psalm 116:17–18; Psalm 21:13; 1 Chronicles 25:1–31
  2. 2 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Isaiah 65:24; Isaiah 66:23; 1 John 5:14–15; Psalm 86:9
  3. 3 Psalm 38:4; Isaiah 6:7; Psalm 79:9; 1 John 1:7–9; Hebrews 9:14
  4. 4 Ephesians 1:4; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 106:4–5; Psalm 33:12
  5. 5 Deuteronomy 10:21; Isaiah 45:22; Revelation 15:3–4; Psalm 66:3; Psalm 45:4
  6. 6 Psalm 93:1; Habakkuk 3:6; Psalm 119:90; Micah 6:2; Isaiah 51:9
  7. 7 Psalm 89:9; Psalm 93:3–4; Isaiah 17:12–13; Psalm 107:29; John 18:6
  8. 8 Psalm 148:3; Psalm 136:8; Psalm 104:20–23; Psalm 74:16; Psalm 48:5–6
  9. 9 Psalm 46:4; Revelation 22:1; Psalm 104:13–15; Jeremiah 5:24; Psalm 68:9–10
  10. 10 1 Corinthians 3:6–7; Psalm 147:8; Deuteronomy 32:2
  11. 11 Joel 2:21–26; Psalm 103:4; Psalm 5:12; Psalm 36:8; Haggai 2:19
  12. 12 Job 38:26–27; Psalm 104:10–13; Joel 2:22; Isaiah 61:10–11; Psalm 65:6
  13. 13 Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 35:1–2; Isaiah 30:23; Acts 14:17; Psalm 96:11–13

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXIV)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 65:11 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters XVI–XIX)

    … 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)