New English Translation
Psalms 65:5
5You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance, O God, our savior. All the ends of the earth trust in you, as well as those living across the wide seas.
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
3Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion. 4How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house – your holy palace. You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance, O God, our savior. All the ends of the earth trust in you, as well as those living across the wide seas. 6You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength. 7You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.
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 45:4Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!
- Psalms 47:2For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!
- Psalms 66:3Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.
- Psalms 76:3There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. (Selah)
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.
- Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
- Psalms 145:17The Lord is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.
- Romans 2:5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
- Revelation 15:3They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!
- Revelation 16:5Now I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are just – the one who is and who was, the Holy One – because you have passed these judgments,
- Revelation 19:1After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
- Psalms 68:19The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.
- Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
- Romans 15:10And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, 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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