Psalm 66

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To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.

 1-4      Shout [for joy] to God, all the earth; ² sing of the glory of His name; give to Him glorious praise! ³ Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cringe before You. ⁴ All the earth shall bow down to You and sing praises to You. They shall sing praises to Your name. Selah

5-7     Go/Come and see what God has done: He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of man. ⁶ He turned the sea into dry land. They passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in Him. ⁷ Thus He rules by His might forever, His eyes keep watch on the nations – let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

עולם (olam) = “age” / “world” / “forever”

He rules the world by His might

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By His might He rules forever

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By His might, He rules – forever His eyes keep watch…

8-12     Bless our God, O peoples, and make the sound of His praise be heard, ⁹ who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. ¹⁰ For you, O God, have tested us; you have refined us as silver is refined. ¹¹ You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; ¹² you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

 13-15     I will come into Your house with burnt offerings. I will perform my vows to You, ¹⁴ that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. ¹⁵ I will offer to You burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the incense of rams. I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

16-20     Go/Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for my soul. ¹⁷ I cried to Him with my mouth, and high praise was under my tongue. ¹⁸ If I had seen iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. ¹⁹ But truly God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. ²⁰ Blessed be God, because He has not rejected my prayer or removed His steadfast love from me!

REFERENCES:

Verse 4

Zephaniah 3:9  “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of Adonai and serve Him with one accord.”

Verse 6

Isaiah 11:9  They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Adonai as the waters cover the sea.

Psalm 37:3  Trust in Adonai and do good. Dwell in the land and shepherd faith.

Psalm 114:5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

Verse 17

Psalm 149:6  Let the high praises (רומם, romam, n.) of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands.

Psalm 99:9  Exalt (רום, rum, v.) Adonai our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for Adonai our God is holy!

Verse 18

Genesis 7:1  Then Adonai said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen (ראיתי,ra’iti, from ראה, “to see”) that you are righteous before Me in this generation. [1^st app. in this form]

John 9:31  We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, God listens to him.