Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 66:20
Who hath not turned... — i.e., he found himself able to pray, was not silenced. Notice the zeugma. God had not rejected his prayer nor withdrawn His grace.
Who hath not turned... — i.e., he found himself able to pray, was not silenced. Notice the zeugma. God had not rejected his prayer nor withdrawn His grace.
Verse Psalms 66:20. _BLESSED_ BE _GOD_] I therefore praise God, who has not turned aside my prayer, and who has not withheld his mercy from me. Thus he told them what God had done for his soul. ANALY...
BLESSED BE GOD, WHICH HATH NOT TURNED AWAY MY PRAYER - That is, It is fit that I should praise and adore God for the fact that he has graciously condescended to listen to the voice of my supplications...
Psalms 66 The Praise and Worship of the Millennium _ 1. What God hath wrought! (Psalms 66:1)_ 2. Israel's praise and worship (Psalms 66:8) “Shout aloud unto God, all the earth! Sing the glory of H...
LXVI. A AND LXVI. B. Here again we have two Pss., rather unskilfully joined together, for the former ends, the latter begins abruptly. In Psalms 66 A (Psalms 66:1) the speaker always uses the first pe...
TURNED AWAY. turned away [from Himself]. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. ON. relating to. NEGINOTH. smitings: i.e. the smiti...
All who fear God are bidden to hear what He has done for the speaker. He had prayed in expectation of a favourable hearing, knowing that sincerity is the necessary condition of prayer; and the answer...
_Blessed be God_ Cp. Psalms 28:6; Psalms 31:21; Psalms 68:19; Psalms 68:35. _nor his mercy from me From me_must belong to this clause only.
DISCOURSE: 607 SIN A PREVENTIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRAYERS Psalms 66:18. _If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. But verily God hath heard me: he hath attended to the voic...
PSALMS 66 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Invitation to All the Earth to Join in Israel's Song of Praise. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 66:1-4, Invitation based on Display of Divine Power. Stanza II., Psalms 66:5-7...
_BLESSED BE GOD, WHICH HATH NOT TURNED AWAY MY PRAYER, NOR HIS MERCY FROM ME._ Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer - namely, from Himself. NOR HIS MERCY FROM ME. The hearing of our...
This Ps. triumphantly celebrates a great national deliverance. The whole earth is summoned to join in the chorus of praise (Psalms 66:1). The memories of the exodus are recalled (Psalms 66:5), but onl...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
בָּר֥וּךְ אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא ־הֵסִ֘יר תְּפִלָּתִ֥י...
Psalms 66:1 THE most striking feature of this psalm is the transition from the plural "we" and "our," in Psalms 66:1, to the singular "I" and "my," in Psalms 66:13. Ewald supposes that two independent...
“LET ALL THE PEOPLES PRAISE THEE” Psalms 66:16; Psalms 67:1 Come and hear, Psalms 66:16 The psalm began with _Come and see,_...
This is one of the most beautiful of the songs of worship. It is divided into two parts by a change from the use of the plural pronoun (verses Psa 66:1-12) to the use of the singular (verses Psa 66:13...
If we consider, in the first place, David's Lord as the preacher here, these verses will be very blessed to our view. How was Christ exercised in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers...
REFLECTIONS READER, while the Holy Ghost is here calling upon all lands to celebrate the praises of Jehovah, say what part can you, from a heart-felt satisfaction, bear in the song? Can you bless God...
20_Blessed be God! who hath not turned away my prayer _He concludes the psalm, as he began it, with thanksgiving, and gives the reason of his not having met with a repulse; or, to take the figurative...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 65, 66 AND 67. In Psalms 65-67 we have the bright side, the bright and joyful confidence of the saint who is conscious of being heard, and who, though not yet in...
BLESSED [BE] GOD, WHICH HATH NOT TURNED AWAY MY PRAYER,.... Has not been angry against it, shut it out, or covered himself with a cloud that it might not pass through, which sometimes saints have comp...
Blessed [be] God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. Ver. 20. _Blessed be God, &c._] This is the conclusion of David's syllogism, in this and the two former verses; and here...
_But verily God hath heard me_ And thereby hath borne his testimony to my integrity for my own comfort, and the vindication of my character against all my false accusers. _Blessed be God, who hath not...
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, by rejecting it, by letting it pass by unheeded, NOR HIS MERCY FROM ME, for the fulfilling of his petitions was due altogether and alone to the un...
THANKSGIVING FOR THE MIRACLES OF GOD'S DELIVERANCE. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a song or psalm, the name of the inspired poet not being mentioned....
13-20 We should declare unto those that fear God, what he has done for our souls, and how he has heard and answered our prayers, inviting them to join us in prayer and praise; this will turn to our m...
TURNED AWAY, or _rejected_, or _removed_, to wit, from his sight and audience, but hath received and granted it. HIS MERCY: though he had now asserted his own innocency and sincere piety, yet he imput...
Psalms 66:20 Blessed H1288 (H8803) God H430 away H5493 (H8689) prayer H8605 mercy H2617...
B) A CALL TO CONSIDER THE WAY IN WHICH GOD HAS ANSWERED HIS (OR THEIR) PRAYER BECAUSE HIS (THEIR) HEART WAS RIGHT TOWARDS GOD (PSALMS 66:16). The Psalm ends with an emphasis on the fact that God has a...
Psalms 66:1. _Make a joyful noise unto God all ye lands: sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious._ In a company of advanced saints, silence may be sometimes profitable. The first...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God for His sovereign dominion and power in the whole creation. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God's works are wonderful in themselves and if duly considered, will...
This in the Greek is called a psalm of the resurrection, no doubt because God had in David's time revived the nation. The application to the captivity is unsupported by the language of joy. David here...
_Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul._ GODLINESS I. In social talk. “Come and hear,” etc. 1. The subject of a good man’s talk. What is it? The kind...
_Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands._ PROVIDENCE The real theme of this psalm is in the last section: it is a psalm of thanksgiving for a special mercy experienced by an individual. But the a...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 66:1. This is a thanksgiving for God’s answer to the prayer of one particular member of God’s people. The first half (vv. Psalms 66:1) describ
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 66:16 The OT insists that each person must individually profess faith in God. Thus each one would have some report of WHAT God HAS DONE FOR his SOUL (and not
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm or Song_. See Introduction to Psalms 48. Both the author and the occasion of the psalm are unknown....
EXPOSITION THIS is another song of thanksgiving, and is connected with a special deliverance (Psalms 66:10). The composer is about to offer a sacrifice to God in his holy place, in performance of a vo...
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious (Psalms 66:1-2). Sing forth the honor of the name of the Lord; make His praise glorious. Oh, tha...
2 Samuel 7:14; 2 Samuel 7:15; Psalms 51:11; Psalms 86:12; Psalms 86:1