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8O bless{H8761)} our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard{H8685)}:

Psalms 66:8

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

  • And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

  • To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

  • Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

  • The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-12)

In these verses the psalmist calls upon God’s people in a special manner to praise him. Let all lands do it, but Israel’s land particularly. Bless our God; bless him as ours, a God in covenant with us, and that takes care of us as his own. Let them make the voice of his praise to be heard (Ps. 66:8); for from whom should it be heard but from those who are his peculiar favourites and select attenda…

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