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Psalm 66:11-20

Listen to Psalm 66:11-20
11 You 1brought us into the net; You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.
12 You made men 2ride over our heads; We went through 3fire and through water, Yet You 4brought us out into a place of abundance.
13 I shall 5come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall 6pay You my vows,
14 Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was 7in distress.
15 I shall 8offer to You burnt offerings of fat beasts, With the smoke of 9rams; I shall make an offering of bulls with male goats. Selah.
16 10Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will 11tell of what He has done for my soul.
17 I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was 12extolled with my tongue.
18 If I 13regard wickedness in my heart, The 14Lord will not hear;
19 But certainly 15God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.
20 16Blessed be God, Who 17has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.

Psalm 66:11-20 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm. This psalm does not bear the name of David in the title of it, yet is generally thought to be one of his; but because the plural number is used in it, which is not so common in David's psalms, Aben Ezra is of opinion it is not his, but written by the singers. This is not a sufficient objection: and besides, in Psalm 66:13, the singular number is used. The Arabic version ascribes it to David, and that version makes the subject matter of it to be "concerning the resurrection"; as do the Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Vulgate Latin versions. The title of the Syriac version is, "concerning sacrifices and burnt offerings, and the incense of rams; the spiritual sense intimates to us the calling of the Gentiles, and the preaching, that is, of the Gospel;" which comes nearest the truth: for the psalm respects Gospel times, and the church of Christ under the New Testament, spread throughout the world, and especially as it will be in the latter day; see Psalm 66:1; and so in Yalkut Simeoni on the psalm, it is said to be a psalm for time to come, and agrees with Zephaniah 3:9; "I will turn to the people a pure language," &c. Kimchi says it is a psalm concerning the gathering of the captives of Israel; and so Jarchi and Obadiah expound it; and Theodoret says David wrote this psalm for the captives in Babylon.
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Cross References 17

  • 1. Lamentations 1:13; Ezekiel 12:13
  • 2. Isaiah 51:23
  • 3. Psalms 78:21; Isaiah 43:2
  • 4. Psalms 18:19
  • 5. Psalms 96:8; Jeremiah 17:26
  • 6. Psalms 22:25; Psalms 116:14; Ecclesiastes 5:4
  • 7. Psalms 18:6
  • 8. Psalms 51:19
  • 9. Numbers 6:14
  • 10. Psalms 34:11
  • 11. Psalms 71:15, 24
  • 12. Psalms 30:1
  • 13. Job 36:21; John 9:31
  • 14. Job 27:9; Psalms 18:41; Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 1:15; James 4:3
  • 15. Psalms 18:6; Psalms 116:1, 2
  • 16. Psalms 68:35
  • 17. Psalms 22:24

Footnotes 6

  • [a] Or "cattle"
  • [b] Or "revere"
  • [c] Or "praise was under my tongue"
  • [d] Or "had regarded"
  • [e] Or "would"
  • [f] Or "have heard"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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