Praise Waits for You

Praise waits for you, God, in Zion.Vows shall be performed to you.

Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

The psalm opens in Zion, where praise is said to be waiting for God and vows will be kept. It pictures worship as ready and expectant.

Also read 1 Chronicles 16:41-42, Psalm 115:1-2, Revelation 14:1-3, Psalm 76:2

You who hear prayer,all men will come to you.

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

God is addressed as the one who hears prayer. Because he hears, the verse says all people will come to him.

Also read Psalm 66:19, Psalm 66:4, Isaiah 66:23, 1 Kings 18:29

Sins overwhelmed me,but you atoned for our transgressions.

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

The writer admits that sins overwhelmed him. The answer follows at once: God atoned for our transgressions, moving from I to we, from one person's guilt to the group's forgiveness.

Also read Isaiah 6:7, John 1:29, Psalm 38:4, Galatians 5:17

Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near,that he may live in your courts.We will be filled with the goodness of your house,your holy temple.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

This verse calls blessed the person God chooses and brings near to live in his courts. Those who come will be filled with the goodness of his house.

Also read Jeremiah 31:12-14, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Psalm 63:5, Psalm 36:8

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.

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:

God answers with awesome deeds of righteousness. The verse calls him the hope of all the ends of the earth, including those far away on the sea.

Also read Romans 15:10-12, Ephesians 2:17-18, Psalm 145:17, Psalm 47:2-3

By your power, you form the mountains,having armed yourself with strength.

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

The praise moves to creation. God forms the mountains by his power, pictured as someone armed with strength.

Also read Psalm 24:2, Psalm 93:1, Psalm 119:90, Isaiah 51:9

You still the roaring of the seas,the roaring of their waves,and the turmoil of the nations.

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

God stills the roaring of the seas and waves, and in the same breath the turmoil of the nations. Nature and human unrest are both calmed by him.

Also read Psalm 74:23, Isaiah 17:12-13, Matthew 8:26-27, John 18:6

They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders.You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

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

People in faraway places are afraid at God's wonders. God also calls the dawn and the evening to sing for joy, so the whole day is pictured as praising him.

Also read Psalm 74:16, Psalm 135:9, Revelation 11:13, Job 38:12

You visit the earth, and water it.You greatly enrich it.The river of God is full of water.You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.

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.

The harvest section begins. God visits the earth, waters it, enriches it from the river of God, which is full of water, and provides grain, because he has ordained it so.

Also read Job 5:10-11, Leviticus 26:4, Psalm 107:37, Psalm 68:9-10

You drench its furrows.You level its ridges.You soften it with showers.You bless it with a crop.

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

The verse describes a field after rain. God drenches the furrows, levels the ridges, softens the ground with showers and blesses the crop.

Also read Deuteronomy 32:2, Psalm 147:8, 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

You crown the year with your bounty.Your carts overflow with abundance.

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

God crowns the year with his bounty and his carts overflow with abundance, a picture of a harvest so large it spills over.

Also read Proverbs 14:18, Job 36:28, Psalm 25:10, Psalm 103:4

The wilderness grasslands overflow.The hills are clothed with gladness.

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

Even the wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are described as clothed with gladness, as if dressed for a celebration.

Also read Psalm 65:6, Psalm 104:10-13, Job 38:26-27, Isaiah 61:10-11

The pastures are covered with flocks.The valleys also are clothed with grain.They shout for joy!They also sing.

The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

The psalm ends with the land itself praising. Pastures covered with flocks and valleys clothed with grain shout for joy and sing.

Also read Zechariah 9:17, Isaiah 52:9, Isaiah 55:12, Isaiah 35:1-2