Psalms 66:8

O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
bless	בָּרְכ֖וּ ba.re.Khu	H1288	to kneel · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
God	אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
people	עַמִּ֥ים 'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
voice	ק֣וֹל Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common masculine singular construct
praise	תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ te.hi.la.To	H8416	laudation · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
heard	וְ֝הַשְׁמִ֗יעוּ ve.hash.Mi.'u	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · conjunction + verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Psalms 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
Psalms 66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
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 them that shall say, Prai…
Revelation 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto t…
Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will…
Romans 15:10-11 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
Revelation 5:11-14 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thou…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:8-12

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 sou…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:8

Here is, perhaps, cited a case of recent deliverance.

John Gill on Psalms 66:8

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 Revelation 19:5; where Christ is called our God, and a like exhortation is made as here.

John Calvin on Psalms 66:5-9

Psalm 66:5-9 5. Come and see the works of God; he is terrible in his dealing towards the children of men. 6. He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot; there did we rejoice in him. 7. He ruleth by his power over the world; his eyes behold the nations; rebels [471] shall not exalt themselves. 8. Bless our God; [472] O ye people! and resound the voice of his praise. 9. Who hath brought our souls unto life, and hath not suffered our feet to fall. 5. Come and see the works of God An indirect censure is here passed upon that almost universal thoughtlessness which leads men to neglect the praises of God. Why is it that they so blindly overlook the operations of his han…

The Church Fathers

"Bless our God, you nations" [Psalm 66:8]. Behold, there have been driven back they that are bitter, reckoning has been made with them: some have been converted, some have continued proud. Let not them terrify you that grudge the Gentiles Gospel Grace: now has come the Seed of Abraham, in whom are blessed all nations. [Genesis 12:3] Bless ye Him in whom you are blessed, "Bless our God, you nations: and hear ye the voice of His praise." Praise not yourselves, but praise Him.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 66

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Praise · Called the: Voice of praise — Called the: Voice of praise

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 66:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:8-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:8

John Gill on Psalms 66:8

John Calvin on Psalms 66:5-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 66:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:8-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:8

John Gill on Psalms 66:8

John Calvin on Psalms 66:5-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 66:8-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 66:8-10

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 66:8