Bible Strands
Psalms 65:6
You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, declaring His sovereign actions in response to the community's plea for salvation and hope. This declaration occurs within a liturgical context celebrating God's past righteous acts and ongoing cosmic control.
The words — The Hebrew מֵכִין (me.Khin) and נֶאְזָר (ne'.Zar) carry the literal sense of "established" and "girded." These terms describe God's active preparation and fortification before His creative and ruling work.
The thread — This imagery of divine girding and establishment appears in Psalms 93:1, where the LORD clothes Himself with strength, and in Habakkuk 3:6, where God's standing causes mountains to crumble. The concept of God firmly establishing the earth also appears in Psalms 119:90.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that cosmic stability originates from God's deliberate power rather than chance. Readers must account for this sovereignty when facing national tumult or personal uncertainty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Cross-references
- Psalms 93:1 The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- Habakkuk 3:6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Psalms 119:90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
- Micah 6:2 Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
- 1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
- Psalms 24:2 For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
- Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?