Psalms 65:7
in Psalms 65You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
KJV
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
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This verse in Psalms 65
Commentary
3 notes on this verseWhich stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves,.... By a word speaking; as our Lord did when here on earth, and which was a proof and evidence of his eternal power and Godhead.
This site's exposition
awesome deeds of righteousness
on Psalms 65:5-8
Awesome deeds of righteousness are how God answers, and He is the hope of the farthest seas. Verse 7 sets the roaring seas, the pounding waves and the tumult of the nations in one line, all stilled by the same hand that formed the mountains. The dawn and sunset shout for joy.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Which stilleth the noise of the seas. His soft breath smooths the sea into a glass, and the mountainous waves into ripples. God does this. Calms are of the God of peace; it needs not that we look for a hurricane when it is said that he cometh. He walked of old in the garden in the cool of the day; he is resting even now, for his great seventh day is not yet over, and he is always "the Lord and giver of peace." Let mariners magnify the God who rules the waves. The noise of their waves.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ׀ | mashbiach | [who] calms | H7623 → | 11 times |
| שְׁא֣וֹן | sheon | [the] uproar of | H7588 → | 18 times |
| יַ֭מִּים | yamim | [the] seas | H3220 → | 396 times |
| שְׁא֥וֹן | sheon | [the] uproar of | H7588 → | 18 times |
| גַּלֵּיהֶ֗ם | galeihem | waves their | H1530 → | 34 times |
| וַהֲמ֥וֹן | vahamon | and [the] tumult of | H1995 → | 83 times |
| לְאֻמִּֽים׃ | leumim | [the] peoples | H3816 → | 31 times |
מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ׀[who] calms
mashbiachH7623 →11 times
שְׁא֣וֹן[the] uproar of
sheonH7588 →18 times
יַ֭מִּים[the] seas
yamimH3220 →396 times
שְׁא֥וֹן[the] uproar of
sheonH7588 →18 times
גַּלֵּיהֶ֗םwaves their
galeihemH1530 →34 times
וַהֲמ֥וֹןand [the] tumult of
vahamonH1995 →83 times
לְאֻמִּֽים׃[the] peoples
leumimH3816 →31 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 89:9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
it leads to
- Psalms 107:25–29
For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- Mark 4:41
Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
- Mark 4:39
Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
- Matthew 8:24–27
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- Psalms 93:3–4
The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Psalms 107:25–29
Through
Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
it leads to
- Matthew 8:26
“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
- Luke 8:23–25
As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
- Mark 4:39–41
Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
- Matthew 8:26
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).