Psalms 66
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Chapter 66
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The psalmist calls on all people to praise God, for his sovereign power over the whole creation, ver. 1 - 7.
For his special favour to his people, ver. 8 - 12.
Praises him for his goodness to himself in particular, ver. 13 - 20.
To the chief musician, A song or psalm.
| 66:1 | All lands - Ye people of all nations. He invites the Gentile world, to the contemplation and celebration of God's works. |
| 66:6 | We - Our nation, or our ancestors, in whose loins we then were. |
| 66:10 | Proved us - As it were in a burning furnace; and with a design to purge out our dross. |
| 66:11 | Net - Which our enemies laid for us. |
| 66:12 | To ride - To use us like slaves. |
| 66:15 | I will go - One speaks in the name of all the rest.Incense - With the fat of rams, which is no less pleasing to God than incense. |
| 66:18 | Iniquity - Any sin. In heart - If my heart had been false to God, although I might have forborne outward acts. If I had been guilty of that, by heart was set upon sin, or I desired only that which I resolved in my heart to spend upon my lusts. |