Psalm 65 - 8/25/2024 Sunday PM Study

The Tabernacle Today

Psalm 65 Worksheet

How many times did David say “You” or “Your” in this Psalm?

_____________ times!!!

It is also fitting that in addition to the heading reading that this is a Psalm of David to the Chief Musician it specifically says this is a Song! From start to finish Psalm 65 is one of the most beautiful _______________ psalms.

The 1st half of the Psalm focuses on God’s greatness, and the 2nd half presents the joy that a God-given _____________ brings. It is especially moving for those who have lived in an agricultural setting.

The word wait in verse one is also the word “silent.” The force is “Praise for God is fixing to _____________ out in Zion.” David is calling Jerusalem to get ready to ‘raise the roof’ in praise, fulfilling ‘vows’ of worship.

I believe that God the Holy Spirit is convicting people around the world about their need of God in their life. I believe He is appealing to “all flesh” to pray and _________________ to Jesus (v. 2). Philippians 2

Of course David had the promises of the Levitical sacrifice system that allowed those who trusted God and repented to have their sins temporarily atoned for (v. 3) – but I think David is also anticipating Christ’s perfect atonement to come!

Verse 4 makes me think of John 15:16a – “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain…”

Notice David goes from “he” to “__________” in the middle of verse 4, indicating that he counts himself among the chosen ones who get to experience God. He has chosen the One who chose him!

The word for awesome in verse 5 is built on the root word for “holy fear” or “reverence” that we saw in Psalm 96:9 (yare). Those who reverence God anticipate Him doing awesome deeds around them. But also notice again David’s missionary _______________________ that people from all over the world and even across the seas will place their confident trust in God also. (Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Rev. 5 &7).

Notice the power attributed to God in verses 6-7: power to still troubled waters, power to still troubled ____________________!

Verse 8 again teaches the reality of ______________________ revelation in insuring that all people on earth think about God the Creator. Romans 1:16-23

Beginning in verse 9, the focus changes to God’s _____________________ in the agricultural realm. About a dozen of God’s actions unfold!

What a _________________ of the agricultural bounty the Lord provides! You can see this song being sung joyfully at a great harvest in which The Lord has crowned that year with goodness. As Bob Alden said, “Up and down the paths are vegetables and fruits which have spilled off the over-loaded wagons.”

Those times when God makes it all work out in this sin-stained world should be times of rejoicing for us – they are little _________________________ of what the New Earth will be like.

If this is all a little TOO rosy for you, remember that David also wrote many Psalms for when things don’t work out as we would hope, yet we still ____________________ in God. And there is also a song in the Bible for when for whatever reason it has been a terrible agricultural year. Do you remember where it’s found?