Psalm 66:1–4

66:1 Shout out praise to God, all the earth!

66:2 Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation!1

Give him the honor he deserves!2

66:3 Say to God:

“How awesome are your deeds!

Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear3 before you.

66:4 All the earth worships4 you

and sings praises to you!

They sing praises to your name!”

(Selah)

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1	tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.
2	tn Heb “make honorable his praise.”
3	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).
4	tn Or “bows down to.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 4 are taken (1) as imperfects expressing what is typical. Another option (2) is to interpret them as anticipatory (“all the earth will worship you”) or (3) take them as jussives, expressing a prayer or wish (“may all the earth worship you”).