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Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
Psalms 65:1 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
  • BSB For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.
  • NKJV Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion; And to You the vow shall be performed.
  • NASB There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, God, And the vow will be fulfilled for You.
  • NLT What mighty praise, O God, belongs to you in Zion. We will fulfill our vows to you,

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Quick answer

Praise rightly awaits God in Zion, and vows made to Him will be fulfilled. It calls God's people to worship and faithful devotion.

Overview

This psalm of thanksgiving opens by declaring that praise is owed to God in Zion, His dwelling among His people, where vows are paid. Worship and fulfilled promises mark the response of a grateful people. Zion ultimately points to the heavenly Jerusalem and the worship gathered around Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 13

  • Ps 62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
  • Ps 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
  • Ps 116:17–18I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
  • Ps 21:13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
  • 1 Chr 25:1–31Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
  • Ps 56:12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
  • 1 Chr 16:41–42And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
  • Ps 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
  • 1 Chr 15:29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
  • Ps 78:68–69But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
  • 1 Chr 11:7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • Ps 115:1–2Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
  • Rev 14:1–3And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 65:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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