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Psalms 65:5
5By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
Psalms 65:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou 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 sea:
- New International Version (NIV)You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,
- English Standard Version (ESV)By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;
- New King James Version (NKJV)By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas;
Context of Psalms 65:5
3Wickedness and guilt prevail against me; Yet as for our transgressions, You forgive them [removing them from Your sight]. 4Blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near To dwell in Your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; 6Who creates the mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power, 7Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples,
Read all of Psalms 65Psalms 65:5 word by word
נ֤וֹרָא֨וֹת׀ בְּצֶ֣דֶק תַּ֭עֲנֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּ מִבְטָ֥ח כָּל־קַצְוֵי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ וְיָ֣ם רְחֹקִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- terrible thingsיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372
- in righteousnessצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
- wilt thou answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- us, O Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of our salvationיֵ֫שַׁעyesha‛ yêsha‛ · salvationH3468
- the confidenceמִבְטָחmibţâch · confidenceH4009
- of all the endsקָ֫צוּqetsev qitsvâh · boundaryH7099
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and of them that are afar offרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
- the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
Cross-references for Psalms 65:5
- Psalms 45:4And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness; Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.
- Psalms 47:2For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great King over all the earth.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.
- Psalms 76:3There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any [man-made] god ever tried to go and take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes?
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is your praise and glory; He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which you have seen with your own eyes.
- Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the [surviving] men got up early the next morning, they saw all the dead.
- Psalms 145:17The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways And gracious and kind in all His works.
- Romans 2:5But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Revelation 15:3And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful and awe-inspiring are Your works [in judgment], O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all]; Righteous and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Revelation 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous and just are You, Who are and Who were, O Holy One, because You judged these things;
- Revelation 19:1After these things I heard something like the great and mighty shout of a vast multitude in heaven, exclaiming, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory (splendor, majesty) and power (dominion, might) belong to our God;
- Psalms 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden day by day, The God who is our salvation! Selah.
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.
- Matthew 28:19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
- Romans 15:10Again it says, “Rejoice and celebrate, O Gentiles, along with His people.”
Commentaries on Psalms 65:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5By terrible things in righteousness - The Vulgate joins this clause to the preceding verse: "Thy holy temple is wonderful in right eousness: thou wilt hear us, O God of our salvation." But the psalmist may refer to those wonderful displays of God's providence in the change of seasons, and fertilization of the earth; and, consequently, in the sustenance of all animal beings. The confidence of all the ends of the earth - Thou art the hope of thy people…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us - That is, By things suited to inspire us and all people with awe, or with a deep sense of thy majesty, thy power, and thy glory. The answer to their prayers would be in such a manner as deeply to impress their minds and hearts. God‘s judgments on his foes, and the manner of his manifesting his favor to his people, would be such as to impress the mind with a deep sense of his own greatness. Yet all…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13This psalm recounts the reasons why all people should praise and revere God for his almighty power and merciful care for his universe.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. terrible things--that is, by the manifestation of justice and wrath to enemies, accompanying that of mercy to His people (Psa 63:9-11; 64:7-9). the confidence--object of it. of all ... earth--the whole world; that is, deservedly such, whether men think so or not.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 65
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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