Salmos 66:1-6

1 Salmo 66
Para el director del coro: cántico. Salmo.
¡Griten alabanzas alegres a Dios todos los habitantes de la tierra!

2 ¡Canten de la gloria de su nombre!
Cuéntenle al mundo lo glorioso que es él.

3 Díganle a Dios: «¡Qué imponentes son tus obras!
Tus enemigos se arrastran ante tu gran poder.

4 Todo lo que hay en la tierra te adorará;
cantará tus alabanzas
aclamando tu nombre con cánticos gloriosos».
Interludio

5 Vengan y vean lo que nuestro Dios ha hecho,
¡los imponentes milagros que realiza a favor de la gente!

6 Abrió un camino seco a través del mar Rojo,
y su pueblo cruzó a pie.
Allí nos alegramos en él.

Salmos 66:1-6 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.