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Psalm 65:1

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.

1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.
2You who hear prayer, all men will come to you.
3Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.
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Notice

Praise waits in Zion, and vows await fulfillment, giving this song a sense of readiness and of words that carry weight before God.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.Both passages describe praise directed to God in a place of worship: Zion in one, his gates and courts in the other.
Psalm 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.Both songs turn toward God, though one speaks of praise and vows while the other speaks of rest and salvation.
Psalm 76:11Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.Both passages speak of vows made to God and their fulfillment.
Psalm 116:17–18I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the LORD’s name.Praise offered to God is the shared thread, expressed as a song in Zion and as a sacrifice of thanksgiving.
1 Chronicles 25:1–31Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with …Both texts connect David with music set apart for worship, through a song for the Chief Musician and musicians assigned to service.
1 Chronicles 15:29As the ark of the LORD’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she …David and musical expression connect these texts: the psalm is his song, while Chronicles describes his dancing and playing as the ark arrives.
1 Chronicles 11:7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city.The clearest shared detail is David: the psalm names him as its author, while Chronicles describes his home in the stronghold.
1 Chronicles 16:41–42and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures …Praise and thanksgiving to God connect the song addressed to the Chief Musician with people chosen to give thanks.
Revelation 14:1–3I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written …Zion is named in both passages, as the place of praise to God and the place where the Lamb stands.
Leviticus 22:18“Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who …Both texts speak of vows directed to God; Leviticus addresses offerings associated with such vows.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. answered prayer.

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Speak one specific word of praise to God

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Encouragement

Praise has somewhere to go: to God. In this song, worship in Zion includes both words of praise and the keeping of vows made to him.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).