Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
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Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
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O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
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Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of His praise to be heard;
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Passages linked to Psalms 66:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 98:4 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
- Psalms 47:1 Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- Psalms 66:2 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!
- Jeremiah 33:11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says Yahweh.
- Revelation 19:1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
- Romans 15:10-11 Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.” Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.”
- Revelation 5:11-14 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!” I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!” The four living creatures said, “Amen!” Then the elders fell down and worshiped.
- Revelation 19:5-6 A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!” I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 8 Bless our God, O ye people! Although calling…
8 Bless our God, O ye people! Although calling upon all, without exception, to praise God, he refers particularly to some Divine interposition in behalf of the Church. He would seem to hint that the Gentiles were destined, at a future period, to share the favor now exclusively enjoyed by God’s chosen people. In the meantime, he reminds them of the signal and memorable nature of the deliverance granted, by calling upon them to spread abroad the fame of it. Though he speaks of the Jewish people as having been brought unto life, (an expression intended to denote deliverance of a more than ordinary kind,) this means that they had been preserved from approaching danger rather than recovered from a calamity which had actually overtaken them, It is said that their feet had not been suffered to fall, which implies, that, through seasonable help which they had received, they had not fallen, but stood firm. The Psalmist, however, does not take occasion, from the evil having been anticipated and averted, to undervalue it. As they had been preserved safe by an interposition of Divine goodness, he speaks of this as tantamount to having been brought or restored to life.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and…
Psa 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Ver. 8. O bless our God, ye people] We must not only publish God’s praises, but provoke others also so to do.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Ye people of other nations, that have served or…
Ye people of other nations, that have served or yet do serve other gods.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's people…
In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's people in a special manner to praise him. Let all lands do it, but Israel's land particularly. Bless our God; bless him as ours, a God in covenant with us, and that takes care of us as his own. Let them make the voice of his praise to be heard (Psa 66:8); for from whom should it be heard but from those who are his peculiar favourites and select attendants? Two things we have reason to bless God for: -
I. Common protection (Psa 66:9): He holdeth our soul in life, that it may not drop away of itself; for, being continually in our hands, it is apt to slip through our fingers. We must own that it is the good providence of God that keeps life and soul together and his visitation that preserves our spirit. He puts our soul in life, so the word is. He that gave us our being, by a constant renewed act upholds us in our being, and his providence is a continued creation. When we are ready to faint and perish he restores our soul, and so puts it, as it were, into a new life, giving new comforts. Non est vivere, sed valere, vita - It is not existence, but happiness, that deserves the name of life. But we are apt to stumble and fall, and are exposed to many destructive accidents, killing disasters as well as killing diseases, and therefore as to these also we are guarded by the divine power. He suffers not our feet to be moved, preventing many unforeseen evils, which we ourselves were not aware of our danger from. To him we owe it that we have not, long ere this, fallen into endless ruin. He will keep the feet of his saints.
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II. Special deliverance from great distress. Observe,
1. How grievous the distress and danger were, Psa 66:11, Psa 66:12. What particular trouble of the church this refers to does not appear; it might be the trouble of some private persons or families only. But, whatever it was, they were surprised with it as a bird with a snare, enclosed and entangled in it as a fish in a net; they were pressed down with it, and kept under as with a load upon their loins, Psa 66:11. But they owned the hand of God in it. We are never in the net but God brings us into it, never under affliction but God lays it upon us. Is any thing more dangerous than fire and water? We went through both, that is, afflictions of different kinds; the end of one trouble was the beginning of another; when we had got clear of one sort of dangers we found ourselves involved in dangers of another sort. Such may be the troubles of the best of God's saints, but he has promised, When thou passest through the waters, through the fire, I will be with thee, Isa 43:1. Yet proud and cruel men may be as dangerous as fire and water, and more so. Beware of men, Mat 10:17. When men rose up against us, that was fire and water, and all that is threatening (Psa 124:2, Psa 124:3, Psa 124:4), and that was the case here: "Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads, to trample upon us and insult over us, to hector and abuse us, nay, and to make perfect slaves of us; they have said to our souls, Bow down, that we may go over," Isa 51:23. While it is the pleasure of good princes to rule in the hearts of their subjects it is the pride of tyrants to ride over their heads; yet the afflicted church in this also owns the hand of God: "Thou hast caused them thus to abuse us;" for the most furious oppressor has no power but what is given him from above.
2. How gracious God's design was in bringing them into this distress and danger. See what the meaning of it is (Psa 66:10): Thou, O God! hast proved us, and tried us. Then we are likely to get good by our afflictions, when we look upon them under this notion, for then we may see God's grace and love at the bottom of them and our own honour and benefit in the end of them. By afflictions we are proved as silver in the fire. (1.) That our graces, by being tried, may be made more evident and so we may be approved, as silver, when it is touched and marked sterling, and this will be to our praise at the appearing of Jesus Christ (Pe1 1:7) and perhaps in this world. Job's integrity and constancy were manifested by his afflictions. (2.) That our graces, by being exercised, may be made more strong and active, and so we may be improved, as silver when it is refined by the fire and made more clear from its dross; and this will be to our unspeakable advantage, for thus we are made partakers of God's holiness, Heb 12:10. Public troubles are for the purifying of the church, Dan 11:35; Rev 2:10; Deu 8:2.
3. How glorious the issue was at last. The troubles of the church will certainly end well; these do so, for (1.) The outlet of the trouble is happy. They are in fire and water, but they get through them: "We went through fire and water, and did not perish in the flames or floods." Whatever the troubles of the saints are, blessed be God, there is a way through them. (2.) The inlet to a better state is much more happy: Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place, into a well-watered place (so the word is), like the gardens of the Lord, and therefore fruitful. God brings his people into trouble that their comforts afterwards may be the sweeter and that their affliction may thus yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness, which will make the poorest place in the world a wealthy place.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain O bless our God, ye people,.... In all countries,…
O bless our God, ye people,.... In all countries, that know the Lord and fear him; ascribe blessing, and honour and glory, to Christ our God, on account of his works, actions, perfections, kingdom and power; and because of the destruction of those who are rebels to his government;
and make the voice of his praise to be heard; far and near, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs; by shoutings, and loud acclamations of joy; see Rev 19:5; where Christ is called our God, and a like exhortation is made as here.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. O bless our God] Who have so…
Verse 8. O bless our God] Who have so much cause as you to sing praises to the Lord? Hear what he has done for you:
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 66:8-9. O bless our God, ye people —…
Psa 66:8-9. O bless our God, ye people — Of other nations, who have served, or yet do serve other gods. Who holdeth our soul in life — Who by a succession of miracles of mercy hath preserved us alive in the midst of a thousand deaths, to which we were exposed; and hath restored us to life, when, as a nation, we were like dead men and dry bones, scattered at the mouth of the grave. And suffereth not our feet to be moved — Namely, so as to fall into mischief and utter ruin, as our enemies designed. But the psalmist’s words here are not to be interpreted exclusively of public and national blessings. We ought all, as individuals, to remember and acknowledge our daily and hourly obligations to him, who gave us our being at first, and by a constant renewed act upholds us in being. And, when we are ready to faint and perish, he restores our soul, and so puts it, as it were, into a new life, imparting new supports and comforts. We are apt to stumble and fall, and are exposed to many destructive accidents and disasters, as well as killing diseases; and as to these also we are guarded by the divine power; he suffereth not our feet to be moved, in that he prevents many unforeseen evils, from which we ourselves were not aware of our danger. To him we owe it that we have not, long ere this, fallen into endless ruin.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain O bless our God, ye people - That is,…
O bless our God, ye people - That is, particularly the people of the nation; the Hebrew people. The call here to praise or bless God is on account of some special benefit which had been conferred on them, and which is referred to more particularly in the following verses. It was his gracious interposition in the time of danger, by which they were delivered from their foes, Psa 66:11-12.
And make the voice of his praise to be heard - Let it be sounded out afar, that it may be heard abroad.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Here is, perhaps, cited a case of recent deliverance.
Here is, perhaps, cited a case of recent deliverance.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Bless our God, ye people—The second strophe is…
8. Bless our God, ye people—The second strophe is here introduced by a call to the Church. “People” stands for the covenant people Israel, the Church, as “nations” does for Gentiles, Psa_66:7; and “all ye lands,” “all the earth,” and “children of men” do for the same, Psa_66:1; Psa_66:4-5. ]n the former verses he speaks of “God,” now he speaks of “our God.” Hitherto he has warned haughty kings and nations, now he invites them to spiritual worship.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. ye people] Ye peoples (R.V.). The nations, not…
8. ye people] Ye peoples (R.V.). The nations, not Israel, are still addressed. Conscious of Israel’s mission to the world, the Psalmist can call upon them to give thanks for Israel’s preservation to fulfil its work for them.
8–12. A renewed call to the nations to praise God for His deliverance of Israel from dangers which menaced the very existence of the nation.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 8-15. Here we reach the heart of the…
Vers. 8-15. Here we reach the heart of the psalm. The people are called upon to praise God for a recent deliverance from a long period of severe affliction and oppression at the hand of enemies (vers. 8-12), and to join in the sacrifices which are about to be offered to God in payment of the vows made during the time of trouble (vers. 13-15). As the writer ascribes to himself both the making of the vows and the offering of the sacrifices, he must have been the leader of the nation at the time of the oppression and of the deliverance.
O bless our God, ye people; literally, ye peoples but the plural form here can scarcely point to the "nations," who have just been called, not ammim, but goim (see ver. 7). And make the voice of his praise to be heard. (comp. Psa_33:3; cf. 5) The heartiness of the soul"s devotion was made apparent by the loudness of the voice.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 8. O bless our God, ye people. Ye…
Ver. 8. O bless our God, ye people. Ye chosen seed, peculiarly beloved, it is yours to bless your covenant God as other nations cannot. Ye should lead the strain, for he is peculiarly your God. First visited by his love, ye should be foremost in his praise.
And make the voice of his praise to be heard. Whoever else may sing with bated breath, do you be sure to give full tongue and volume to the song. Compel unwilling ears to hear the praises of your covenant God. Make rocks, and hills, and earth, and sea, and heaven itself to echo with your joyful shouts.
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Ver. 8. (last clause). To get a hearing for the gospel-- difficult, necessary, and possible. Ways and means for so doing.
Ver. 8-9.
I. Praise to.
1. As God.
2. As our God. II. Praise for. Preservation.
1. Of natural life.
2. Of spiritual life. III. Praise by, ye people.
1. On your own account.
2. On account of others. Or,
1. Individually.
2. Unitedly. G. R.
Psalms 66:9*
Ver. 8-9.
I. Praise to.
1. As God.
2. As our God. II. Praise for. Preservation.
1. Of natural life.
2. Of spiritual life. III. Praise by, ye people.
1. On your own account.
2. On account of others. Or,
1. Individually.
2. Unitedly. G. R.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Give blessing to God ... let the sound of…
Give blessing to God ... let the sound of his praise be heard
These two clauses have similar meanings. The idea is repeated to emphasize the importance of praising God. (See: Parallelism)
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us ... our
These words refer to David and the people he is speaking to. (See: Inclusive "We")
he does not permit our feet to slip
The writer speaks of God's protection as preventing his people from slipping as they walk or falling off a cliff. AT: "he has not allowed us to fall into disaster" (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 66:8-10 The orderly lives of the redeemed reflect the…
66:8-10 The orderly lives of the redeemed reflect the order of God’s world. The Lord protects them from evil and purifies them.
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