Psalms 65 · Verse 8

Psalms 65:8

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalms 65:8, King James Version

Psalms 65:8 in other translations

BSBThose who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.
WEBThey also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
ASVThey also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
YLTAnd the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From Thy signs are afraid, The outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing.
DARBYAnd they that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
BBEThose in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.
WebsterThey also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

What does Psalms 65:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 65:6-13

6-13. God's great power and goodness are the grounds of this confidence. These are illustrated in His control of the mightiest agencies of nature and nations affecting men with awe and dread (Psa 26:7; 98:1, &c.), and in His fertilizing showers, causing the earth to produce abundantly for man and beast.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Are afraid at thy tokens - Thunder and lightning, storms and tempests, eclipses and meteors, tornadoes and earthquakes, are proofs to all who dwell even in the remotest parts of the earth, that there is a Supreme Being who is wonderful and terrible in his acts. By these things an eternal power and Godhead become manifest even to the most barbarous. From this verse to the end of the Psalm there is a series of the finest poetic imagery in the world. The outgoings of the morning, etc. - The rising and setting sun, the morning and evening twilight, the invariable succession of day and night, are all ordained by thee, and contribute to the happiness and continuance of man and beast. Or, All that fear thee praise thee in the morning, when they go to their work, and in the evening, when they return home, for thy great goodness manifested in the continuance of their strength, and the success of their labor.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 65:6-13

That Almighty strength which sets fast the mountains, upholds the believer. That word which stills the stormy ocean, and speaks it into a calm, can silence our enemies. How contrary soever light and darkness are to each other, it is hard to say which is most welcome. Does the watchman wait for the morning? so does the labourer earnestly desire the shades of evening. Some understand it of the morning and evening…

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Psalms 65:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּ֤ירְא֨וּ\׀vai.Yi.re.'Uand they were afraidH3372
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
קְ֭צָוֹתKe.tza.vot[the] endsH7117
מֵאוֹתֹתֶ֑יךָme.'o.to.Tei.khafrom signs yourH226
מ֤וֹצָֽאֵי\־Mo.tza.'ei-[the] going<s> out ofH4161
בֹ֖קֶרVo.kermorningH1242
וָעֶ֣רֶבva.'E.revand eveningH6153
תַּרְנִֽין\׃tar.Ninyou make shout for joyH7442

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Cross references for Psalms 65:8

  • Psalms 148:3

    Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

  • Psalms 136:8

    The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Psalms 104:20-23

    Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

  • Psalms 74:16

    The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

  • Psalms 48:5-6

    They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

  • Habakkuk 3:3-19

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. …

  • Psalms 126:2

    Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

  • Deuteronomy 4:19

    And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

  • Psalms 19:5

    Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

  • Revelation 11:13

    And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

  • Psalms 2:8

    Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

  • Acts 5:38-39

    And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in the.
2:8
afraid.Thunder and lightning, storms and tempests, eclipses and meteors, tornadoes and earthquakes, are proofs to all that there is a Supreme Being, who is wonderful and terrible in His acts.
48:5,6; 66:3; 126:2; 135:9; Ex 15:14-16; Jos 2:9-11; Hab 3:3-19
Ac 5:38,39; Re 11:13
outgoings.
19:5; 74:16; 104:20-23; 136:8; Ge 8:22; De 4:19; Job 38:12
the morning.The rising and setting sun, the morning and evening twilight, the invariable succession of day and night, are all ordained by Thee, and contribute to the happiness and continuance of man and beast.
rejoice. or, sing.
13; 148:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 65:7

    Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

  • Psalms 65:8

    They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

  • Psalms 65:9

    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.

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Psalms 65:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto los habitadores de los fines de la tierra temen de tus maravillas. Tú haces alegrar las salidas de la mañana y de la tarde.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui apaises le tumulte des mers, le tumulte de leurs flots, et l’agitation des peuplades.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es fürchten sich die Bewohner der Enden der Erde, vor deinen Zeichen; du machst jauchzen die Ausgänge des Morgens und des Abends.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Benedicite, gentes, Deum nostrum, et auditam facite vocem laudis ejus: