65:1(To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David.)a
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee
shall the vow be performed.
(a) You daily give new opportunities to your Church to
praise you.
65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all b flesh
come.
(b) Not only the Jews but also the Gentiles in the kingdom
of Christ.
65:3 Iniquities c prevail against me: [as for] our
transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
(c) He imputes it to his sins and to the sins of the people
that God who was accustomed to afflict them withdraws
his help from them.
65:5 [By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou d 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 e sea:
(d) You will declare yourself to be the preserver of your
Church in destroying your enemies, as you did in the
Red Sea.
(e) As of all barbarous nations, and far off.
65:7 Which stilleth the f noise of the seas, the noise of
their waves, and the tumult of the people.
(f) He shows that there is no part or creature in the world
which is not governed by God's power and providence.
65:9 Thou g visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly
enrichest it with the h river of God, [which] is full of
water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided
for i it.
(g) That is, with rain.
(h) That is, Shiloh or the rain.
(i) You have appointed the earth to bring forth food to
man's use.
65:10 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 the order of
nature is a testimony of God's love toward us, who
causes all creatures to serve our need.
65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are
covered over with corn; they shout for joy, l they also
sing.
(l) That is, the dumb creatures will not only rejoice for
a time for God's benefits, but will continually sing.
