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Psalm 66:1-3
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Psalm 66[a]

For the music director, a song, a psalm.

66 Shout out praise to God, all the earth!
2 Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation.[b]
Give him the honor he deserves![c]
3 Say to God:
“How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear[d] before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 66:1 sn Psalm 66. The psalmist praises God because he has delivered his people from a crisis.
  2. Psalm 66:2 tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.
  3. Psalm 66:2 tn Heb “make honorable his praise.”
  4. Psalm 66:3 tn See Deut 33:29; Ps 81:15 for other uses of the verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the sense “cower in fear.” In Ps 18:44 the verb seems to carry the nuance “be weak, powerless” (see also Ps 109:24).
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Psalm 66:1-3
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Psalm 66

For the director of music. A song. A psalm.

1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth!(A)
2     Sing the glory of his name;(B)
    make his praise glorious.(C)
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!(D)
    So great is your power
    that your enemies cringe(E) before you.

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