Text -- Psalms 66:18-20 (NET)

66:18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 66:19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer. 66:20 God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 66:18

¹ tn Heb “sin if I had seen in my heart.”

NET Notes: Psa 66:20

¹ tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”

² tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.

³ tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”