Text -- Psalms 65:1-3 (NET)

Psalm 65

65:1 For the music director; a psalm of David, a song. Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion. Vows made to you are fulfilled. 65:2 You hear prayers; all people approach you. 65:3 Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 65:1

¹ sn Psalm 65. The psalmist praises God because he forgives sin and blesses his people with an abundant harvest.

² tn Heb “for you, silence, praise.” Many prefer to emend the noun דֻּמִיָּה (dumiyyah, “silence”) to a participle דּוֹמִיָּה (domiyyah), from the root דָּמָה (damah, “be silent”), understood here in the sense of “wait.”

NET Notes: Psa 65:2

¹ tn Heb “O one who hears prayer.”

² tn Heb “to you all flesh comes.”

NET Notes: Psa 65:3

¹ tn Heb “the records of sins are too strong for me.”

² tn Or “make atonement for.”