Psalm 66:8-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 Bless our God, you peoples;
loudly sound his praise,
9 Who has kept us alive
and not allowed our feet to slip.(A)
10 You tested us, O God,
tried us as silver tried by fire.(B)
11 You led us into a snare;
you bound us at the waist as captives.
12 [a]You let captors set foot on our neck;
we went through fire and water;
then you led us out to freedom.(C)
Footnotes
- 66:12 You let captors set foot on our neck: lit., “you let men mount our heads.” Conquerors placed their feet on the neck of their enemies as a sign of complete defeat, cf. Jos 10:24. A ceremonial footstool of the Egyptian king Tutankhamen portrays bound and prostrate bodies of enemies ready for the king’s feet on their heads, and one of Tutankhamen’s ceremonial chariots depicts the king as a sphinx standing with paw atop the neck of an enemy.
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