Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 65:5

5. 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 .

Or, In a Terrible manner; (i. e.) So as to strike thy People, with an holy Awe and Reverence of thee, and of thy Judgments, and thine Enemies with Dread and Horror. Or, In a wonderful manner, as this Word is rendred by the Chaldee, Deut. 10. 21. things wonderful and Terrible, being put together, as expressing the same thing, Psal. 106. 22.

(i. e.) By Vertue of thy Justice, or Faithfulness, or Goodness; whereby thou art inclined, and engaged to help thy People when they are in Distress, and resort unto thee by Prayer.

Thou wilt graciously Answer and grant our Prayers and Desires.

(i. e.) The onely Object of a safe and undeceiving Confidence; for there is no other Person, or thing in the World, that any man Living can trust to without Fear and certainty of Disappointment. Or, Thou art the stay and support of all Mankind, by thy powerful and gracious Providence, P[illegible: 1+ letters]al. 104. 27. Act. 17. 28. Heb. 1. 3. Others refer this to the Calling of the Gentiles. But that seems not to suit with the following Verses, which manifestly speak of God's general Providence.

Not onely of thy People Isra[illegible: 1+ letters]l, but of all Persons and Nations, even as far as to the End of the Earth, or of this vast Continent in which we Live.

Or, in the Sea, (i. e.) In the Islands of the Sea, which are here distinguished from the Continent; and under those two Heads, are Compr[illegible: 1+ letters]hended all the Inhabitants of the World.