“Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.”
The affirmation that God stills the roaring of the seas and the tumult of the peoples articulates divine power over both natural chaos and human rebellion. The roaring of the seas suggests primordial chaos that God controls and orders. The reference to tumult of peoples indicates that human opposition is brought into order through divine action. This verse articulates that divine power operates at multiple levels: cosmic, natural, and human.
Church Fathers on Psalms 65:7
1. The voice of holy prophecy must be confessed in the very title of this Psalm. It is inscribed, “Unto the end, a Psalm of David, a song of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, on account of the people of transmigration when they were beginning to go forth.” How it fared with our fathers in the time of the transmigration to Babylon, is not known to all, but only to those that diligently study the Holy Scriptures, either by hearing or by reading. For the captive people Israel from the city…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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