1Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the vow shall be
performed.
2O You who hear prayer,
To You all flesh will come.
3Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions,
You will provide atonement for
them.
4Blessed is the man You choose,
And cause to approach You,
That he may dwell in Your
courts.
We shall be satisfied with the
goodness of Your house,
Of Your holy temple.
5By 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;
6Who established the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power;
7You who still the noise of the seas,
The noise of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.
8They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs;
You make the outgoings of the
morning and evening rejoice.
9You visit the earth and water it,
You greatly enrich it;
The river of God is full of
water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared it.
10You water its ridges abundantly,
You settle its furrows;
You make it soft with showers,
You bless its growth.
11You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with
abundance.
12They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice
on every side.
13The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered
with grain;
They shout for joy, they also
sing.
Commentary
Vs.
1 “Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the vow shall be
performed.”
Vs. 2-3 2O You who hear prayer,
To You all flesh will come.
3Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions,
You will provide atonement for
them.
The Psalm now moves to include all Gentiles, all peoples and nations who have believed and received Him will come to Him and honor Him in His holy Temple in Zion! To Him alone who hears our prayers and who intercedes for us (Heb. 4:14-16), for He alone who has provided the Atonement for all of our sins and transgressions! In this section then the Psalm foretells that, specifically for the nation of Israel (consider Ezekiel 16:62-63).
Vs. 4 Blessed is the man You choose,
And cause to approach You,
That he may dwell in Your
courts.
We shall be satisfied with the
goodness of Your house,
Of Your holy temple.
The Man whom God has Chosen to approach Him is His Son the Lord Jesus Christ His chosen Servant (Isaiah 42:1), and in this the Lord Jesus Christ will serve Him as God’s High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek (Psalm 110:4; Heb. 5:5-10; 7:1-8:13; 9:11-28; 10:14 etc.). Therefore, every redeemed person, all of us, shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, of Your holy Temple for He alone has made the Way for us to enter it.
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;
6Who established the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power;
7You who still the noise of the seas,
The noise of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.
Therefore by awesome deeds of righteousness our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will answer us. For He is the God of our salvation. And because He works out our salvation He is the confidence of all the ends of the earth, even the regions in the far-off seas (vs. 5). For He established the mountains by His strength, and being clothed with power He does awesome deeds (vs. 6). For just as He stills the seas and quiets the noise of their waves, He will subdue the tumult of all the peoples (Vs. 7) . For no one who rises up against Him shall ever prevail. For He will take vengeance on all His adversaries and repay everyone who hates Him (Deut. 32:41-43; Psalm 58:10; Isaiah 63:4; 66:16; Jer. 11:20; Micah 5:15; Nahum 1:2; 2 Thess. 1:8-9; Rev 6:9-11; 19:1-5, 11-21 etc.).
Vs. 8 “They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs;
You make the outgoings of the
morning and evening rejoice.”
Truly then God makes Himself known to everyone by mighty signs and wonders as He moves all of creation by His Will, for all see them, and those who see Him in them will fear Him (consider Jonah 1:1-16). And so, on the one hand then God can bring fear to even the stoutest of men, while on the other He makes His people rejoice in His morning and evening sky as He crowns the earth with His glory.
You greatly enrich it;
The river of God is full of
water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared it.
10You water its ridges abundantly,
You settle its furrows;
You make it soft with showers,
You bless its growth.
God's Sovereignty and blessing over all of His creation is now expounded and expanded on. For it is of the Lord to visit the earth and water it, to enrich land as He Wills. Indeed, the river of God is full of water, which may be referring to the river in the millennial which shall flow from the Temple and bring life wherever its waters reach (Ezekiel 47:1-12). For it is of God to provide the peoples with grain to eat and seed to plant. For it is God who waters its ridges abundantly, who settles the furrows in the field, making what is planted to take root and sprout, and when it sprouts God softens its soil with His showers, indeed He blesses its growth, making sure it produces much, such then will be the state of the earth during Christ’s Millennial reign.
Vs.
11-13
11You crown the year
with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with
abundance.
12They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice
on every side.
13The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered
with grain;
They shout for joy, they also
sing.
Each year then shall be crowned with God’s goodness, with His blessings continuing throughout all its seasons, for every place He visits drip with abundance! (vs. 11). All the pasture lands are green and lush and the little hills that overlook these will rejoice on every side, a metaphor for their also being clothed with its richness (vs. 12). And in those rich pasturelands there will be flocks and herds in abundance, for there will be no lack of anything! Even in the valleys there are fields of grain waving in the breeze, which is likened to a choir of singers shouting for joy, singing, and swaying back and forth to the rhythmic grace of God’s blessing and enrichening the earth! For all of this and so much more praise is awaiting Jesus our Lord and Messiah in His Temple and during His Reign.
Scripture Quotations
New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.
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