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Psalms 66:3
3Say unto 1God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.
Psalms 66:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Say to God, “How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
Context of Psalms 66:3
1Shout aloud unto God, all the earth: 2Sing forth the glory of his name, make his praise glorious; Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee. 4All the earth shall worship thee, and sing psalms unto thee: they shall sing forth thy name. Selah. 5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in [his] doings toward the children of men.
Read all of Psalms 66Psalms 66:3 word by word
אִמְר֣וּ לֵ֭אלֹהִים מַה־נּוֹרָ֣א מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ בְּרֹ֥ב עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ לְךָ֣ אֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 66:3
- Psalms 47:2For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.
- Psalms 65:5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. ...
- Psalms 76:12He cutteth off the spirit of princes; [he] is terrible to the kings of the earth.
- Exodus 15:1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to Jehovah, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Judges 5:2For that leaders led in Israel, For that the people willingly offered themselves, Bless Jehovah!
- Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.
- Isaiah 64:3When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
- Jeremiah 10:10But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
- Psalms 18:44At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
- Psalms 22:28For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
- Psalms 68:30Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: [every one] submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.
- Psalms 81:15The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
- Psalms 78:35And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.
Commentaries on Psalms 66:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3How terrible art thou - Consider the plagues with which he afflicted Egypt before he brought your fathers from their captivity, which obliged all his enemies to submit. Thine enemies submit themselves - Literally, lie unto thee. This was remarkably the case with Pharaoh and the Egyptians. They promised again and again to let the people go, when the hand of the Lord was upon them: and they as frequently falsified their word.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Say unto God - In your songs of praise. Let your songs be directly addressed to him, setting forth the grounds of that praise, or the reasons why it is due to him. How terrible art thou in thy works! - How fearful! how much to be reverenced! The meaning is, that the manifestations of his power and greatness, in the events which occur under his government, are suited to impress the mind with awe and reverence. Through the greatness of thy power - By the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God defeats his enemies (see Psalm 18:44; 59:11; 81:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. A specimen of the praise. How terrible--(Compare Psa 65:8). submit--(Compare Margin), show a forced subjection (Psa 18:44), produced by terror.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Psalms 66:3 66.3 Elohim ↩
Commentaries on Psalms 66
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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