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Psalm 65:7
You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.
5By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.
6By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength.
7You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.
8They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
9You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
Notice
The repeated roaring of the sea leads into the turmoil of nations, setting human upheaval within the reach of God’s power to still it.
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Psalm 89:9You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.Both psalms address God as the one who rules the sea and calms its rising, roaring waves.
Matthew 8:26He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.Psalm 65 praises God for stilling the sea; Matthew records Jesus rebuking the wind and sea, followed by a great calm.
Psalm 107:29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.Both passages describe God bringing turbulent water to stillness, with Psalm 107 naming the storm that becomes calm.
Mark 4:39He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.The stilling of the sea links these texts: Psalm 65 praises God’s action, and Mark records Jesus commanding the sea to be still.
Psalm 93:4Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.Both psalms name the sea’s force and declare God’s greater power over its noise and mighty waves.
Psalm 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.Both passages describe water through its sound and waves; Psalm 65 adds that God stills their roaring.
Isaiah 17:12–13Ah, the uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!Both passages link the uproar of nations with roaring seas, using the sound of water to describe human turmoil.
John 18:6When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.The link is limited: Psalm 65 describes God stilling turmoil, while John records people falling back at Jesus’ words.
Luke 8:24They came to him and awoke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are dying!” He awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; then they ceased, and it was …Psalm 65 names God’s stilling of roaring water; Luke describes Jesus rebuking raging water until it ceases and becomes calm.
Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.Both use turbulent sea imagery, though Jude’s wild waves describe people’s shame and Psalm 65’s waves are stilled by God.
Revelation 12:15The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.The shared image is forceful water: Psalm 65 describes roaring seas, while Revelation describes a stream used to threaten a woman.
Job 38:8–11“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,Both passages describe restraint upon the sea: Psalm 65 names its stilling, while Job asks who shut it in with doors.
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The verse gives no timetable for an end to upheaval. Its confidence rests in who God is: the roaring sea and the turmoil of nations are subject to his power.
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