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         <div class="label">66</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Psalm 66</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn Psalm 66. The psalmist praises God because he has delivered his people from a crisis.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">For the music director; a song, a psalm.</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.66.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> Shout out praise to God, all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;his name,&#8221; which here stands metonymically for God&#8217;s reputation.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="content">Give him the honor he deserves!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;make honorable his praise.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> Say to God:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">&#8220;How awesome are your deeds!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn See Deut 33:29; Ps 81:15 for other uses of the verb &#1499;&#1468;&#1464;&#1495;&#1463;&#1513;&#1473; (kakhash) in the sense &#8220;cower in fear.&#8221; In Ps 18:44 the verb seems to carry the nuance &#8220;be weak, powerless&#8221; (see also Ps 109:24).</span></span></span><span class="content"> before you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> All the earth worships</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;bows down to.&#8221; The prefixed verbal forms in v. 4 are taken (1) as imperfects expressing what is typical. Another option (2) is to interpret them as anticipatory (&#8220;all the earth will worship you&#8221;) or (3) take them as jussives, expressing a prayer or wish (&#8220;may all the earth worship you&#8221;).</span></span></span><span class="content"> you</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">and sings praises to you!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">They sing praises to your name!&#8221; (Selah)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> Come and witness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;see.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> God&#8217;s exploits!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;acts&#8221; (see Ps 46:8).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="content">His acts on behalf of people are awesome!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;awesome [is] an act toward the sons of man.&#8221; It is unclear how the prepositional phrase relates to what precedes. If collocated with &#8220;act,&#8221; it may mean &#8220;on behalf of&#8221; or &#8220;toward.&#8221; If taken with &#8220;awesome&#8221; (see 1 Chr 16:25; Pss 89:7; 96:4; Zeph 2:11), one might translate &#8220;his awesome acts are beyond human comprehension&#8221; or &#8220;his awesome acts are superior to anything men can do.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> He turned the sea into dry land;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn He turned the sea into dry land. The psalmist alludes to Israel&#8217;s crossing the Red Sea (Exod 14:21).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">they passed through the river on foot.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Because of the reference to &#8220;the river,&#8221; some understand this as an allusion to Israel&#8217;s crossing the Jordan River. However, the Hebrew term &#1504;&#1464;&#1492;&#1464;&#1512; (nahad) does not always refer to a &#8220;river&#8221; in the technical sense; it can be used of sea currents (see Jonah 2:4). So this line may also refer to the Red Sea crossing (cf. NEB).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">Let us rejoice in him there!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The adverb &#1513;&#1473;&#1464;&#1501; (sham, &#8220;there&#8221;) is used here, as often in poetic texts, to point &#8220;to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination&#8221; (BDB 1027 s.v.).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> He rules</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;[the] one who rules.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> by his power forever;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">he watches</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;his eyes watch.&#8221; &#8220;Eyes&#8221; are an anthropomorphism, attributed to God here to emphasize his awareness of all that happens on earth.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the nations.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">Stubborn rebels should not exalt</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The verb form is jussive (note the negative particle &#1488;&#1463;&#1500;, &#8217;al). The Kethib (consonantal text) has a Hiphil form of the verb, apparently to be understood in an exhibitive sense (&#8220;demonstrate stubborn rebellion&#8221;; see BDB 927 s.v. &#1512;&#1493;&#1468;&#1501; Hiph), while the Qere (marginal reading) has a Qal form, to be understood in an intransitive sense. The preposition -&#1500;&#1456; (lamed) with pronominal suffix should be understood in a reflexive sense (&#8220;for themselves&#8221;) and indicates that the action is performed with the interest of the subject in mind.</span></span></span><span class="content"> themselves. (Selah)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> Praise</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;bless,&#8221; in the sense of declaring &#8220;God to be the source of&#8230;special power&#8221; (see HALOT 160 s.v. II &#1489;&#1512;&#1498; pi).</span></span></span><span class="content"> our God, you nations!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="content">Loudly proclaim his praise!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;cause the voice of his praise to be heard.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> He preserves our lives</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the one who places our soul in life.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="content">and does not allow our feet to slip.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> For</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;indeed.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> you, O God, tested us;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="content">you purified us like refined silver.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> You led us into a trap;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;you brought us into a net.&#8221; This rare word for &#8220;net&#8221; also occurs in Ezek 12:13; 13:21; 17:20.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="content">you caused us to suffer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;you placed suffering on our hips.&#8221; The noun &#1502;&#1493;&#1468;&#1506;&#1464;&#1511;&#1464;&#1492; (mu&#8217;aqah, &#8220;suffering&#8221;) occurs only here in the OT.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> You allowed men to ride over our heads;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">we passed through fire and water,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">but you brought us out into a wide open place.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tc The MT reads &#1512;&#1456;&#1493;&#1464;&#1497;&#1464;&#1492; (&#8220;saturation&#8221;) but this should be emended to &#1512;&#1456;&#1493;&#1464;&#1495;&#1464;&#1492; (r&#255;vakhah, &#8220;wide open place&#8221;; i.e., &#8220;relief&#8221;), a reading supported by several ancient versions (LXX, Syriac, Jerome, Targum).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> I will enter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn Here the psalmist switches to the singular; he speaks as the representative of the nation.</span></span></span><span class="content"> your temple with burnt sacrifices;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="content">I will fulfill the vows I made to you,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content"> which my lips uttered</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="content">and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content"> I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">along with the smell of sacrificial rams.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;all of the fearers of God.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="content">I will declare what he has done for me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content"> I cried out to him for help</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;to him [with] my mouth I called.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="content">and praised him with my tongue.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and he was extolled under my tongue.&#8221; The form &#1512;&#1493;&#1465;&#1502;&#1463;&#1501; (romam) appears to be a polal (passive) participle from &#1512;&#1493;&#1468;&#1501; (rum, &#8220;be exalted&#8221;), but many prefer to read &#1512;&#1493;&#1465;&#1502;&#1464;&#1501;, &#8220;high praise [was under my tongue]&#8221; (cf. NEB). See BDB 928 s.v. &#1512;&#1493;&#1465;&#1502;&#1464;&#1501;.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content"> If I had harbored sin in my heart,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;sin if I had seen in my heart.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="content">the Lord would not have listened.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content"> However, God heard;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="content">he listened to my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content"> God deserves praise,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;blessed [be] God.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;who.&#8221; In a blessing formula after &#1489;&#1468;&#1464;&#1512;&#1493;&#1468;&#1498;&#1456; (barukh, &#8220;blessed be&#8221;) the form &#1488;&#1458;&#1513;&#1473;&#1462;&#1512; (&#8217;asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he did not reject my prayer</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">or abandon his love for me!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div>
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Shout out praise to God, all the earth!
Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation!
Give him the honor he deserves!
Say to God:
“How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.
All the earth worships you
and sings praises to you!
They sing praises to your name!” (Selah)
Come and witness God’s exploits!
His acts on behalf of people are awesome!
He turned the sea into dry land;
they passed through the river on foot.
Let us rejoice in him there!
He rules by his power forever;
he watches the nations.
Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah)
Praise our God, you nations!
Loudly proclaim his praise!
He preserves our lives
and does not allow our feet to slip.
For you, O God, tested us;
you purified us like refined silver.
You led us into a trap;
you caused us to suffer.
You allowed men to ride over our heads;
we passed through fire and water,
but you brought us out into a wide open place.
I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices;
I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
which my lips uttered
and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,
along with the smell of sacrificial rams.
I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)
Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God!
I will declare what he has done for me.
I cried out to him for help
and praised him with my tongue.
If I had harbored sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
God deserves praise,
for he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me!

सुनें - Psalms 66