Psalms 66:8

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

World English Bible
Learn

Your notes

Private to you. Anything you write on this verse, here or while reading, shows up here and in My study.

Other translations

WEBBE

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

BSB

Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.

KJV

O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

ASV

Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;

BBE

Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

Original Hebrew

Look up a word

Tap a word to see what it means and everywhere else it's used.

The early church

"Bless our God, you nations" [Psalm 66:8]. Behold, there have been driven back they that are bitter, reckoning has been made with them: some have been converted, some have continued proud. Let not them terrify you that grudge the Gentiles Gospel Grace: now has come the Seed of Abraham, in whom are blessed all nations. [Genesis 12:3] Bless ye Him in whom you are blessed, "Bless our God, you nations: and hear ye the voice of His praise." Praise not yourselves, but praise Him.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 8–12

The Lord not only preserves our temporal life, but maintains the spiritual life which he has given to believers. By afflictions we are proved, as silver in the fire. The troubles of the church will certainly end well. Through various conflicts and troubles, the slave of Satan escapes from his yoke, and obtains joy and peace in believing: through much tribulation the believer must enter into the kingdom of God.

Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 66 →

Spurgeon · Verse 8

O bless our God, ye people. Ye chosen seed, peculiarly beloved, it is yours to bless your covenant God as other nations cannot. Ye should lead the strain, for he is peculiarly your God. First visited by his love, ye should be foremost in his praise. And make the voice of his praise to be heard. Whoever else may sing with bated breath, do you be sure to give full tongue and volume to the song. Compel unwilling ears to hear the praises of your covenant God. Make rocks, and hills, and earth, and sea, and heaven itself to echo with your joyful shouts.

Read Spurgeon on Psalm 66 →

Cross-references

9

Topics

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.