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There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, God, And the vow will be fulfilled for You.
Psalms 65:1 · New American Standard Bible
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.
  • KJV Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow 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.
  • 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 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
  • Ps 76:11Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
  • Ps 116:17–18I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.
  • Ps 21:13Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
  • 1 Chr 25:1–31Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their service was:
  • Ps 56:12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
  • 1 Chr 16:41–42and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;
  • Ps 76:2His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
  • 1 Chr 15:29As the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
  • Ps 78:68–69But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
  • 1 Chr 11:7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city.
  • Ps 115:1–2Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
  • Rev 14:1–3I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · 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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