Psa 65:7 | KingComments | STEP | In the temple of God, God’s chosen people see that God answers them “in righteousness” ( ). His righteousness is related to the covenant He has made with His people. His covenant is always the measure of His actions. Now that the transgressions have been forgiven, which has happened by virtue of the blood of the new covenant, God can redeem and provide salvation. By virtue of His righteousness, He brings Israel the long-awaited deliverance and judges the enemies of His people. By His awesome deeds done in righteousness on behalf of His people, they acknowledge Him as the “God of our salvation”. Their salvation, which will find its full fulfillment in the realm of peace, is due only to Him. His awesome deeds in righteousness not only show that He cares for His people, but that they also have a blessed effect on all peoples “of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea”. These nations have always relied on their idols. Through God’s awesome acts of righteousness, they will abandon their trust in their idols and He will become their trust. By the strength that is His own, He “establishes the mountains” ( ). They move when He touches them and He establishes them ( ). This is also true of earthly superpowers, which are sometimes represented as a mountain ( ; ). He is girded with might, which means that He is omnipotent, unlimited in the use of His strength. There is no one who can oppose Him or force Him to change His plan. Everything is fixed in Him. That He is almighty is seen when He “stills the roaring of the seas” as well as “the roaring of their waves” ( ). The fact that we see the Lord Jesus doing that ( ) proves that He is this the almighty God. What is true of the roaring seas and waves is also true of “the tumult of the peoples” (cf. ; ). All the tumultuous peoples are under His authority. He is in complete control of them. They can do nothing but what He permits and what is according to His plan with the world. It brings us peace when we think about it, while we see what is happening in the world. When He intervenes in the affairs of the world by quieting the tumult of the nations, it causes fear in those “who dwell in the ends [of the earth]” ( ). His actions against the enemies of His people are signs to the inhabitants of the world. They do not come to repentance because of it, but must acknowledge His intervention. All who are connected to Him from where the morning dawns and the evening falls, that is, from east to west, He makes to shout for joy.

‏ Psalms 65:7

God’s Awesome Deeds

In the temple of God, God’s chosen people see that God answers them “in righteousness” (Psa 65:5). His righteousness is related to the covenant He has made with His people. His covenant is always the measure of His actions. Now that the transgressions have been forgiven, which has happened by virtue of the blood of the new covenant, God can redeem and provide salvation.

By virtue of His righteousness, He brings Israel the long-awaited deliverance and judges the enemies of His people. By His awesome deeds done in righteousness on behalf of His people, they acknowledge Him as the “God of our salvation”. Their salvation, which will find its full fulfillment in the realm of peace, is due only to Him.

His awesome deeds in righteousness not only show that He cares for His people, but that they also have a blessed effect on all peoples “of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea”. These nations have always relied on their idols. Through God’s awesome acts of righteousness, they will abandon their trust in their idols and He will become their trust.

By the strength that is His own, He “establishes the mountains” (Psa 65:6). They move when He touches them and He establishes them (Psa 104:7 ; 31). This is also true of earthly superpowers, which are sometimes represented as a mountain (Psa 68:15-16; Jer 51:25). He is girded with might, which means that He is omnipotent, unlimited in the use of His strength. There is no one who can oppose Him or force Him to change His plan. Everything is fixed in Him.

That He is almighty is seen when He “stills the roaring of the seas” as well as “the roaring of their waves” (Psa 65:7). The fact that we see the Lord Jesus doing that (Mk 4:37-41) proves that He is this the almighty God. What is true of the roaring seas and waves is also true of “the tumult of the peoples” (cf. Isa 17:12-13; Lk 21:25). All the tumultuous peoples are under His authority. He is in complete control of them. They can do nothing but what He permits and what is according to His plan with the world. It brings us peace when we think about it, while we see what is happening in the world.

When He intervenes in the affairs of the world by quieting the tumult of the nations, it causes fear in those “who dwell in the ends [of the earth]” (Psa 65:8). His actions against the enemies of His people are signs to the inhabitants of the world. They do not come to repentance because of it, but must acknowledge His intervention. All who are connected to Him from where the morning dawns and the evening falls, that is, from east to west, He makes to shout for joy.