Psalm 65:3-13

3 Unsre Missetat drückt uns hart; du wollest unsre Sünden vergeben.

4 Wohl dem, den du erwählst und zu dir lässest, daß er wohne in deinen Höfen; der hat reichen Trost von deinem Hause, deinem heiligen Tempel.

5 Erhöre uns nach der wunderbaren Gerechtigkeit, Gott, unser Heil, der du bist Zuversicht aller auf Erden und ferne am Meer;

6 der die Berge fest setzt in seiner Kraft und gerüstet ist mit Macht;

7 der du stillest das Brausen des Meers, das Brausen seiner Wellen und das Toben der Völker,

8 daß sich entsetzen, die an den Enden wohnen, vor deinen Zeichen. Du machst fröhlich, was da webet, gegen Morgen und gegen Abend.

9 Du suchst das Land heim und wässerst es und machst es sehr reich. Gottes Brünnlein hat Wassers die Fülle. Du läßt ihr Getreide wohl geraten; denn also bauest du das Land.

10 Du tränkest seine Furchen und feuchtest sein Gepflügtes; mit Regen machst du es weich und segnest sein Gewächs.

11 Du krönst das Jahr mit deinem Gut, und deine Fußtapfen triefen von Fett.

12 Die Weiden in der Wüste sind auch fett, daß sie triefen, und die Hügel sind umher lustig.

13 Die Anger sind voll Schafe, und die Auen stehen dick mit Korn, daß man jauchzet und singet.

Psalm 65:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David. Some copies of the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions read "a song of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, "sung" by the people of the captivity, when they were about to come out;" and some copies have "Haggai": but though it is possible it might be sung upon that occasion, it is certain it was not then composed, but was written by David, as the genuine title shows: as for Jeremiah; he was not carried captive to Babylon, and Ezekiel died before the return of the people from it; nor is there anything in the psalm relating to that captivity. The title of it, indeed, in the Arabic version, is concerning the captivity of the people; which it seems to have taken from some Greek copy; and Kimchi and Arama interpret it of the captivity of the people of the Jews; but then they mean their present captivity, and their deliverance from it. According to the title of it in the Syriac version, the occasion of it was the bringing up of the ark of God to Sion; and Aben Ezra is of opinion that David composed the psalm at that time; or that one of the singers composed it at the building of the temple, and which he thinks is right, and perhaps is concluded from Psalm 65:1; and who also says it was composed in a year of drought; but it rather seems to have been written in a year of great plenty, as the latter part of it shows; and the whole seems to respect the fruitful, flourishing, and happy state of the church in Gospel times, for which it is a song of praise.