Psalm 65

{1} Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion:
and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
{2} O thou that hearest prayer,
unto thee shall all flesh come.

The image here is of God’s people assembled, and with praise waiting for God. Their praise is an invitation to God.

The psalmist said, “O thou that hearest prayer,
unto thee shall all flesh come.” I think there are times when we wonder if God is really listening. If our prayers rise any further than the ceiling. At yet, David addresses God as "He that hears prayer. And it is because of this that all flesh comes to God, not merely a handful of "chosen people."

{3} Iniquities prevail against me:
as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

{4} Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,
and causest to approach unto thee,
that he may dwell in thy courts:
we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
even of thy holy temple.

This sounds like a blessing upon a man whom God has chosen to be a priest. On a broader scale is the idea that man does not choose God, God chooses man and grants him repentance, but still, because God answers prayer, eventually all flesh comes to him.

{5} 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:

{6} Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains;
being girded with power:
{7} Which stilleth the noise of the seas,
the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

{8} They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
{9} Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it:
thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God,
which is full of water:

thou preparest them corn,
when thou hast so provided for it.
{10} Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly:
thou settlest the furrows thereof:
thou makest it soft with showers:
thou blessest the springing thereof.

{11} Thou crownest the year with thy goodness;
and thy paths drop fatness.
{12} They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness:
and the little hills rejoice on every side.

{13} The pastures are clothed with flocks;
the valleys also are covered over with corn;
they shout for joy, they also sing."



 

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