Salmos 66:1-9

1 Aclamad con júbilo a Dios, toda la tierra;

2 cantad la gloria de su nombre; haced gloriosa su alabanza.

3 Decid a Dios: ¡Cuán portentosas son tus obras! Por la grandeza de tu poder, tus enemigos fingirán obedecerte.

4 Toda la tierra te adorará, y cantará alabanzas a ti, cantará alabanzas a tu nombre. (Selah)

5 Venid y ved las obras de Dios, admirable en sus hechos a favor de los hijos de los hombres.

6 Convirtió el mar en tierra seca; cruzaron el río a pie; regocijémonos allí en El.

7 El domina con su poder para siempre; sus ojos velan sobre las naciones; no se enaltezcan los rebeldes. (Selah)

8 Bendecid, oh pueblos, a nuestro Dios, y haced oír la voz de su alabanza.

9 El es quien nos guarda con vida, y no permite que nuestros pies resbalen.

Salmos 66:1-9 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.