Psalms 66:3

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

1For the music director, a song, a psalm. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth! 2Sing the glory of His Name— make His praise glorious. Say to God: “How awesome are Your deeds! Because of Your great power, Your enemies cringe before You. 4All the earth bows down to You, and sings praises to You. All sing praises to Your Name.” Selah 5Come and see the works of God. How awesome His deeds for the children of Adam!

Psalms 66:3 word by word

אִמְר֣וּ לֵ֭אלֹהִים מַה־נּוֹרָ֣א מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ בְּרֹ֥ב עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ לְךָ֣ אֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• How terribleיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372
• thy worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639
• through the greatnessרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of thy powerעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
• shall thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• submitכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584

Cross-references for Psalms 66:3

• Psalms 47:2Clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of joy!
• Psalms 65:5Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your House—Your holy Temple.
• Psalms 76:12Make vows to Adonai your God and fulfill them. Let all around Him bring tribute to the One who is to be feared.
• Exodus 15:1Then Moses and Bnei-Yisrael sang this song to Adonai: I will sing to Adonai, for He is highly exalted! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.
• Judges 5:2“When leaders take the lead in Israel, when people freely offer themselves, bless Adonai!
• Isaiah 2:19People will go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the earth, because of the fear of Adonai and the splendor of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth.
• Isaiah 64:3For from days of old no one has heard, no ear perceived, no eye has seen God, except You, who acts on behalf of the one waiting for Him.
• Jeremiah 10:10But Adonai Elohim is truth. He is the living God and eternal King. At His wrath the earth quakes and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
• Psalms 18:44You free me from strifes of the people. You set me as head of the nations— people I did not know are serving me.
• Psalms 22:28All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Adonai. All the families of the nations will bow down before You.
• Psalms 68:30From Your Temple above Jerusalem, kings bring You tribute.
• Psalms 81:15I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their foes.
• Psalms 78:35Then they remembered that God was their Rock and El Elyon 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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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