Psalm 65 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Psalm 65.

Meditate on verse 4a.

How blessed is the one whom You choose

and bring near to You.

God choosing to draw people near to Himself is a powerful reoccurring theme in the Bible.  In this Psalm, David reflected on being near God in the courts of the

tabernacle and the satisfaction of being with God.  He was in awe of God and wrote this beautiful thirteen-verse praise to the LORD.

As you pray these verses of praise to God, enjoy the fellowship of the LORD’s presence with you.

“There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
and to You the vow will be performed.
O You who hear prayer, to You all men come.
Iniquities prevail against me;
as for our transgressions, You forgive them.
How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
to dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation.
You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
who establishes the mountains by His strength,
being girded with might;
who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves
and the tumult of the peoples.
They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;
You greatly enrich it.
The stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.
You water its furrows abundantly;
You settle its ridges; You soften it with showers;
You bless its growth.
You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
and Your paths drip with fatness.
The pastures of the wilderness drip,
and the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.
The meadows are clothed with flocks,
and the valleys are covered with grain;
they shout for joy, yes, they sing.”