Salmi 65:1-10

1 Salmo di cantico di Davide, dato al capo de’ Musici O DIO, lode ti aspetta in Sion; E quivi ti saran pagati i voti.
2 O tu ch’esaudisci i preghi, Ogni carne verrà a te.
3 Cose inique mi avevano sopraffatto; Ma tu purghi le nostre trasgressioni.
4 Beato colui che tu avrai eletto, ed avrai fatto accostare a te. Acciocchè abiti ne’ tuoi cortili! Noi saremo saziati de’ beni della tua Casa, Delle cose sante del tuo Tempio.
5 O Dio della nostra salute, Confidanza di tutte le estremità le più lontane della terra e del mare, Rispondici, per la tua giustizia, in maniere tremende.
6 Esso, colla sua potenza, ferma i monti; Egli è cinto di forza.
7 Egli acqueta il romor de’ mari, lo strepito delle sue onde, E il tumulto de’ popoli.
8 Onde quelli che abitano nella estremità della terra temono de’ tuoi miracoli: Tu fai giubilare i luoghi, onde esce la mattina e la sera.
9 Tu visiti la terra, e l’abbeveri; Tu l’arricchisci grandemente; I ruscelli di Dio son pieni d’acqua; Tu apparecchi agli uomini il lor frumento, dopo che tu l’hai così preparata.
10 Tu adacqui le sue porche; tu pareggi i suoi solchi; Tu la stempri colle stille della tua pioggia; tu benedici i suoi germogli;

Salmi 65:1-10 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.
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