📖 Psalms — Chapter 66 (KJV)
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Psalms 66:1 RMake a joyful noise unto God, Tall ye lands:
Psalms 66:2 RSing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Psalms 66:3 Say unto God, RHow terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies Tsubmit themselves unto thee.
Psalms 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
Psalms 66:5 RCome and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Psalms 66:6 RHe turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Psalms 66:7 He Rruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms 66:8 RO bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Psalms 66:9 Which RTholdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Psalms 66:10 For thou, O God, Rhast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms 66:11 Thou Rbroughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Psalms 66:12 Thou hast Rcaused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a Twealthy place.
Psalms 66:13 I will Rgo into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 66:14 Which my lips have RTuttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
Psalms 66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of Tfatlings, Rwith the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
Psalms 66:16 RCome and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalms 66:17 RI cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
Psalms 66:18 RIf I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Psalms 66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms 66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 66:1–7 — Come and see God's works
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
All lands are called to joyful praise, and the community remembers God turning sea into dry ground. His power rules and observes the nations, confronting rebellious self-exaltation. Remembered deliverance invites worship that extends beyond a private experience to the wider world under God's authority.
Key Truth: Remember God's works and praise his enduring rule.
Check What You Remember
1. Who are called to make a joyful noise? (Psalms 66:1)
Find it in Psalms 66:1 (KJV).
2. What did God turn into dry land? (Psalms 66:6)
Find it in Psalms 66:6 (KJV).
3. What does God behold? (Psalms 66:7)
Find it in Psalms 66:7 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 66:8–12 — Testing and bringing out
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The people bless God for preserving life while remembering severe testing as silver is refined. Nets, burdens, fire, and water picture affliction before a place of abundance. The testimony acknowledges difficulty within divine care; it does not authorize others to impose suffering as though acting for God.
Key Truth: God's sustaining care can be remembered through trials.
Check What You Remember
1. What metal pictures their testing? (Psalms 66:10)
Find it in Psalms 66:10 (KJV).
2. What two elements did they pass through? (Psalms 66:12)
Find it in Psalms 66:12 (KJV).
3. Into what kind of place were they brought? (Psalms 66:12)
Find it in Psalms 66:12 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 66:13–20 — Come and hear a grateful testimony
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speaker fulfills vows made in trouble and invites God-fearing hearers to listen to what God did for his soul. Cherishing iniquity is rejected, and God's hearing and mercy are praised. Testimony is joined with moral honesty rather than treating prayer as a way to keep wrongdoing unchallenged.
Key Truth: Grateful testimony belongs with an honest heart.
Check What You Remember
1. What will the speaker pay? (Psalms 66:13)
Find it in Psalms 66:13 (KJV).
2. Who are invited to hear? (Psalms 66:16)
Find it in Psalms 66:16 (KJV).
3. What has God not turned away alongside prayer? (Psalms 66:20)
Find it in Psalms 66:20 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
1 Peter 1:7 — Refined faith is compared with precious metal tested by fire.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What honest testimony of God's help could encourage another person without minimizing the trial you endured?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does remembering the sea crossing support universal praise?
2. How does refining qualify the account of preservation?
3. What sequence makes the testimony more than easy prosperity?
4. How do present vows recall an earlier crisis?
5. What distinguishes moral warning from the final testimony?
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