5 Come, and see God's deeds-- Awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
Come, see Yahweh's works, What desolations he has made in the earth.
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
Yahweh's works are great, Pondered by all those who delight in them.
> When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, We were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them." Yahweh has done great things for us, And we are glad.
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Commentary on Psalms 66 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 66
This is a thanksgiving-psalm, and it is of such a general use and application that we need not suppose it penned upon any particular occasion. All people are here called upon to praise God,
If we have learned in every thing to give thanks for ancient and modern mercies, public and personal mercies, we shall know how to sing this psalm with grace and understanding.
To the chief musician. A song or psalm.
Psa 66:1-7
Psa 66:8-12
In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's people in a special manner to praise him. Let all lands do it, but Israel's land particularly. Bless our God; bless him as ours, a God in covenant with us, and that takes care of us as his own. Let them make the voice of his praise to be heard (v. 8); for from whom should it be heard but from those who are his peculiar favourites and select attendants? Two things we have reason to bless God for:-
Psa 66:13-20
The psalmist, having before stirred up all people, and all God's people in particular, to bless the Lord, here stirs up himself and engages himself to do it.