Proverbia 65:6

Nova Vulgata

[65:7] Firmans montes in virtute tua, accinctus potentia.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Qui convertit mare in aridam, in flumine pertransibunt pede ; ibi l�tabimur in ipso.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Qui convertit mare in aridam;
in flumine pertransibunt pede:
ibi l�tabimur in ipso.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Which: Psalms 24:2, Psalms 119:90, Micah 6:2, Habakkuk 3:6

girded: Psalms 93:1, 1 Samuel 2:4, Isaiah 51:9

Reciprocal: Job 37:23 - excellent Job 38:11 - Hitherto Psalms 65:12 - rejoice Psalms 95:4 - the strength of the hills is his also Isaiah 17:12 - make a noise Isaiah 26:8 - in Isaiah 64:3 - thou didst Amos 4:13 - he that Jonah 2:6 - mountains John 5:17 - My

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains,.... In the first creation and formation of them, when they were settled on their basis so firmly that they are rarely removed, and when they are it is something extraordinary. Some understand this of the Lord's preparing the mountains with the rain of his strength, for the bringing forth of herbs and grass for the service of man and beast, and of his adorning them with trees; and the Targum is,

"who preparest food for the wild goats of the mountains;''

others interpret them of kingdoms and communities, comparable to mountains, Jeremiah 51:25; but these are not set fast, they are not firm and stable, but in a course of time are removed, and give way to others; rather the church of God is meant; see Isaiah 2:2; where the same phrase is used as here; and "mountains" may signify particular churches, or indeed particular believers; for all that trust in the Lord are like to mountains, Psalms 125:1; and these are set fast in the everlasting love of God, by which their mountain is made to stand strong; in eternal election, which is the foundation of God that stands sure; in the covenant of grace, which is more immovable than hills and mountains; and on Christ the Rock, against whom the gates of hell can never prevail; and who are so established, settled, and kept by the power of God, that they cannot be removed by the most boisterous storms and winds of the world's persecutions, Satan's temptations, or their own sins and corruptions;

[being] girded with power: not the mountains, but God himself; whose power, like himself, is infinite, and appears in the works of his hands, of nature, providence, and grace: the allusion is to a mighty man girded for battle; or for the performance of great undertakings.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains - Fixing them firm on their foundations. This is an exhibition of vast strength or power on the part of God, as if he fixed them so firm that they could not be moved - as if he handled with ease those vast masses of matter, with all their rocks and forests - and caused them to repose steadily and calmly on their foundations. We have few more exalted conceptions of the power of God than to suppose him lifting with ease a vast mountain; letting it down where he pleases, and settling it so firmly that it cannot be moved.

Being girded with power - That is, they seemed to be surrounded or encompassed with power, as a man girds himself up when he wishes to put forth a great effort of strength.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 65:6. Setteth fast the mountains — It is by thy strength they have been raised, and by thy power they are girded about or preserved. He represents the mountains as being formed and pitched into their proper places by the mighty hand of God; and shows that they are preserved from splitting, falling down, or mouldering away, as it were, by a girdle by which they are surrounded. The image is very fine. They were hooped about by the Divine power.