Text -- Psalms 66:1-3 (NET)

Psalm 66

66:1 For the music director; a song, a psalm. Shout out praise to God, all the earth! 66:2 Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! Give him the honor he deserves! 66:3 Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 66:1

¹ sn Psalm 66. The psalmist praises God because he has delivered his people from a crisis.

NET Notes: Psa 66:2

¹ tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

² tn Heb “make honorable his praise.”

NET Notes: Psa 66:3

¹ tn See Deut 33:29; Ps 81:15 for other uses of the verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the sense “cower in fear.” In Ps 18:44 the verb seems to carry the nuance “be weak, powerless” (see also Ps 109:24).