“ 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 - 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 supplica...
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 66:1-12 ) the speaker always uses the...
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...
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 fi...
DISCOURSE: 607 SIN A PREVENTIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRAYERS Psalms 66:18-20 . If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. But verily God hath heard me: he hath attended to...
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. Blessed be God - I therefore praise God, who has not turned aside my prayer, and who has not withheld his mercy from me....
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 hearin...
This Ps. triumphantly celebrates a great national deliverance. The whole earth is summoned to join in the chorus of praise ( Psalms 66:1-4 ). The memories of the exodus are recalled ( Psalms 66:5-7 )...
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 God had not rejected his prayer nor withdrawn His grace.
Psalms 66:1-20 THE most striking feature of this psalm is the transition from the plural "we" and "our," in Psalms 66:1-12 , to the singular "I" and "my," in Psalms 66:13-20 . Ewald supposes tha...
“Let All the Peoples Praise Thee” Psalms 66:16-20 ; Psalms 67:1-7 Come and hear, Psalms 66:16-20 The psalm began with Come and see, Psalms 66:5 . Compare Mark 5:19-20 ; John 4:29 . It...
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 66:1...
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...
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 c...
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; an...
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 no...
David Resolves to Praise God; David Declaring What God Has Done for His Soul. 13 I will go into thy house with burnt...
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...
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 66:16-20 ). The Psalm ends with an emphasis on the fact that...
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 unk...
Psalms 66:1-2 . 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 f...
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 her...
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 t...
EXPOSITION THIS is another song of thanksgiving, and is connected with a special deliverance ( Psalms 66:10-19 ). The composer is about to offer a sacrifice to God in his holy place, in perfor...
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.
2 Samuel 7:14 ; 2 Samuel 7:15 ; Psalms 51:11 ; Psalms 86:12 ; Psalms 86:13