Psalm 65 THE PRACTICE OF PRAYER
1. A Personal Practice (v 1-4)
It's Praise - 1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion:
It's Price - 1 and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
It's Profit - 2 O thou that hearest prayer,
It's Preeminence - 2 unto thee shall all flesh come.
It's Pressure - 3 Iniquities prevail against me:
It's Pardon - as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
It's Promise - 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,
It's Privilige - and causest to approach unto thee,
It's Presence - that he may dwell in thy courts:
It's Pleasure - we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
It's Provision - even of thy holy temple.
2. A Powerful Practice (v 5-8)
His Answer -
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
His Authority - 6 which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
His Action - 7 which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
His Acclaim - 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
3. A Prudential Practice (v 9-13) God is the Source of -
a. All Fruitfulness -
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
He Provides The Water - 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it:
He Provides The Wheat -9 thou preparest them corn,
He Provides The Grain - 9 thou preparest them corn,
He Prepares The Ground - 9 when thou hast so provided for it.
He Produces The Growth - 10 thou blessest the springing thereof.
He Provides The Wealth - v 11-13
b. All Fullness - 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
c. All Fatness - 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
d. All Freshness - 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
4. A Perpetual Practice -
1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
