Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
Psalms 65:1-13.-Three strophes. God gives occasion for praise in Zion by hearing prayer, purging away transgression, and satisfying with the goodness of His house (Psalms 65:1-4); as God of the whole world, He displays His terrors in answer to His people's cry, and stilleth the waves and tumults, to the uttermost parts of the earth, for them (Psalms 65:5-8); as God of nature, He so fertilizes the earth that the year is crowned with blessing, and the valleys sing (Psalms 65:9-13). The "sing" in Psalms 65:13, the conclusion, answers to song in the title. God's harvest-blessings-a pledge of His universal care of His people-is the primary subject. The ulterior reference is to the blessedness of the millennial earth and of God's people.
Praise waiteth for thee ... in Zion - literally, 'for thee (there is) the silence (of) praise,' etc. 'Silence-praise' -
i.e., the praise which produces still repose of the soul on her God (cf. note, Psalms 42:1; Psalms 42:5). God is ever giving new causes for praise. Praise, with calm reposing on God, effectually allays the agitation which distresses the soul so long as it looks in trouble elsewhere than to God (Psalms 42:5; Psalms 131:2). Zion was the only legitimate place of worship (Psalms 132:14). Its antitype now is the spiritual city, or Church of Christ.
And unto thee shall the vow be performed. The Vulgate, Arabic, and many manuscripts add 'in Jerusalem,' which suits the parallelism.