Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 65:1

1. PRaise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion : and unto thee shall the vow be performed .

Heb. is silent or silence, (i. e.) Quietly waits, as this Phrase is used, also Psal. 62. 1. And praise may be here put for the Person or Persons, who use to praise God upon all occasions, and who are now prepared and ready to do so: as Deceit is put for a deceitful Man, as Prov. 12. 24. and sin for the Sinner, Prov. 13. 6. and Dreams for Dreamers, Ier. 27. 9. So the meaning may seem to be this, God's people Patiently and believingly wait for an Opportunity, to offer their Praises to God: For at present they seem to be in some straits, as divers Passages of this Psalm do intimate.

Though all the People of the World have great cause to Praise thee, yet none pay thee this Tribute, but thy People in Sion; and they indeed have many peculiar and Eminent Obligations, and Occasions to perform this Duty.

All the thank-offerings which thy People vowed unto thee, in the time of their Danger, shall be faithfully paid, to wit, in Zion: Which is to be repeated out of the first Clause of the Verse.

Marginal references: Heb. is silent.