Psalms Chapter 65 verse 5 Holy Bible
By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, Oh God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:
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You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;
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By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. ...
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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:
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Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach to thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
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By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, Of those who are far away on the sea;
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By fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - By terrible things in righteousness (i.e. "by terrible acts of righteous judgment upon our enemies") wilt thou answer us. This is a sequel to ver. 2. As God hears prayer and answers it, so when his people cry to him for protection and deliverance from their foes, the result can only be righteous judgments of a fearful character upon the persecutors. O God of our salvation; i.e. God through whom we obtain salvation. Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth (see the comment on ver. 2, and comp. ver. 8). And of them that are afar off upon the sea; literally, and of the sea of those afar off. The reading is, perhaps, corrupt.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) By terrible things.--Rather, wondrously, a noun used adverbially.Wilt thou answer us.--Better, Thou dost answer us; describing the usual course of God's providence. The LXX. and Vulg. make it a prayer: "Hear us."The conviction that God, the God of Israel's salvation or deliverance, would answer wonderfully in righteousness, was, of course, based on the whole experience of the Divine dealings. Righteousness was recognised as the foundation on which the moral order rested.The confidence of all the ends of the earth.--This might refer to Israel in exile; but it seems more in accordance with the general tenor of the psalm to give the words their widest range. Consciously or unconsciously the whole world rests in God.Of them that are afar off upon the sea.--Literally, of the sea of those at a distance, i.e., of the farthest seas. (Comp. Isaiah 11:11 : "of the islands of the sea.")
