Psalms · Berean Standard Bible
Psalm 66 Berean Standard Bible
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 16:23–24; Psalm 100:1; Psalm 98:4; Psalm 150:6; Psalm 81:1
- 2 Psalm 105:2–3; Isaiah 49:13; Revelation 5:13; Isaiah 42:12; Nehemiah 9:5
- 3 Psalm 18:44; Psalm 65:5; Psalm 81:15; Psalm 47:2; Psalm 78:35–36
- 4 Psalm 22:27; Psalm 117:1; Psalm 96:1–2; Malachi 1:11; Revelation 15:4
- 5 Psalm 126:1–3; Numbers 23:23; Psalm 111:2; Psalm 46:8; Psalm 66:3
- 6 Joshua 3:16; Exodus 14:21–22; Psalm 78:13; Joshua 3:14; Exodus 15:1–21
- 7 Psalm 11:4; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Matthew 28:18; Job 9:4; Daniel 5:20–28
- 8 Psalm 98:4; Psalm 47:1; Jeremiah 33:11; Psalm 66:2; Revelation 19:1
- 9 Psalm 121:3; Psalm 112:6; Psalm 94:18; Psalm 37:23–24; 1 Samuel 2:9
- 10 Isaiah 48:10; Psalm 17:3; 1 Peter 1:6–7; Proverbs 17:3; Job 23:10
- 11 Lamentations 1:13; Ezekiel 12:13; Job 19:6; Hosea 7:12; Matthew 6:13
- 12 Isaiah 43:1–2; Isaiah 51:23; James 5:11; Psalm 40:2–3; Job 36:16
- 13 Ecclesiastes 5:4; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 56:12; Psalm 116:17–19; Psalm 116:14
- 14 Judges 11:35–36; 1 Samuel 1:11; Psalm 18:6; 2 Samuel 22:7; Numbers 30:2
- 15 Psalm 51:19; Numbers 6:14; 2 Samuel 6:13; Jeremiah 41:5; 1 Chronicles 16:1–3
- 16 Psalm 34:11; Psalm 71:15; Malachi 3:16; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 66:5
- 17 Psalm 34:6; Psalm 116:1–2; Psalm 30:1; Psalm 116:12; Psalm 145:1
- 18 John 9:31; Proverbs 28:9; Proverbs 15:29; Proverbs 15:8; Isaiah 1:15
- 19 Psalm 116:1–2; Hebrews 5:7; Lamentations 3:55–56; Psalm 6:9; Psalm 34:6
- 20 Psalm 86:12–13; Psalm 68:35; Psalm 51:11; 2 Samuel 7:14–15; Psalm 22:24
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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).
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