Psalm 66 Berean Standard Bible

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1 For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!

1 Al Músico principal: Cántico: Salmo. ACLAMAD á Dios con alegría, toda la tierra:

1 For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

2 Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.

2 Cantad la gloria de su nombre: poned gloria [en] su alabanza.

2 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!

3 Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

3 Decid á Dios: ¡Cuán terribles tus obras! Por lo grande de tu fortaleza te mentirán tus enemigos.

3 Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

4 All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah

4 Toda la tierra te adorará, y cantará á ti; cantarán á tu nombre. (Selah.)

4 All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.

5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.

5 Venid, y ved las obras de Dios, terrible en hechos sobre los hijos de los hombres.

5 Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

6 Volvió la mar en seco; por el río pasaron á pie; allí en él nos alegramos.

6 He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

7 He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

7 El se enseñorea con su fortaleza para siempre: sus ojos atalayan sobre las gentes: los rebeldes no serán ensalzados. (Selah.)

7 He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.

8 Bendecid, pueblos, á nuestro Dios, y haced oir la voz de su alabanza.

8 Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

9 El [es el] que puso nuestra alma en vida, y no permitió que nuestros pies resbalasen.

9 who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

10 Porque tú nos probaste, oh Dios: ensayástenos como se afina la plata.

10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

11 You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

11 Nos metiste en la red; pusiste apretura en nuestros lomos.

11 You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

12 Hombres hiciste subir sobre nuestra cabeza; entramos en fuego y en aguas, y sacástenos á hartura.

12 You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—

13 Entraré en tu casa con holocaustos: te pagaré mis votos,

13 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

14 the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.

14 Que pronunciaron mis labios, y habló mi boca, cuando angustiado estaba.

14 which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

15 I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah

15 Holocaustos de cebados te ofreceré, con perfume de carneros: sacrificaré bueyes y machos cabríos. (Selah.)

15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.

16 Venid, oid todos los que teméis á Dios, y contaré lo que ha hecho á mi alma.

16 Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.

17 A él clamé con mi boca, y ensalzado fué con mi lengua.

17 I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

18 Si en mi corazón hubiese yo mirado á la iniquidad, el Señor no [me] oyera.

18 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

19 Mas ciertamente [me] oyó Dios; antendió á la voz de mi súplica.

19 But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!

20 Bendito Dios, que no echó [de sí] mi oración, ni de mí su misericordia.

20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXV)
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 …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Quotes verse 66:9 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XCV)
But there is a dangerous movement, of which it is written, "Suffer not my feet to be moved." But there is another movement of him who seeketh, knocketh, asketh.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Quotes verse 66:10–12 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XXIII)
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water; and thou broughtest us out into a place of rest.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 66:13 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XXV–XXVI)
This is the case where, as we have observed, it often stands instead of with; as for instance, "I will go into thy house in burnt offerings," instead of with burnt offerings and "he brought them forth also by silver and gold," that is to say with silver and gold and "thou goest not forth in our armies" instead of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)

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