A moment in scripture
Psalms 65:5
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:
The surrounding passage
- Psalms 65:3
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- Psalms 65:4
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.
- Psalms 65:6
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
- Psalms 65:7
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.