the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Psalms 66:20
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Blessed be God,Who has not turned away my prayerNor His lovingkindness from me.
Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.
Blessed be the Lorde which hath not reiected my prayer: nor turned his mercye from me.
Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me!
Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me!
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer and His mercy from me!
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me.
Blessed bee God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercie from me.
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Praysed be God, which hath not cast out my prayer, ner turned his mercy fro me.
Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.
Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me.
Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.
Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor his loving-kindness from me.
Blessed [be] God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!
Let's praise God! He listened when I prayed, and he is always kind.
Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer or turn his grace away from me.
Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.
Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer nor turned his mercy from me.
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me.
Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me.
Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me.
Honor and thanks be to God! He has not turned away from my prayer or held His loving-kindness from me.
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me.
Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his own lovingkindness from me.
(65-20) Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Blessed be God, who has not turned aside my prayer, or his loyal love from me.
Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!
Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His favor from me.
Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or hold back his love from me.
I praise God, because he did not reject my prayer or keep back his constant love from me.
May God be praised! He has not turned away my prayer or turned His faithful love from me.
Blessid be God; that remeued not my preyer, and `took not awei his merci fro me.
Blessed [is] God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!
Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 51:11, Psalms 86:12, Psalms 86:13, 2 Samuel 7:14, 2 Samuel 7:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 20:5 - I have heard 1 Chronicles 4:10 - God granted Psalms 6:9 - hath heard Psalms 17:6 - I have Psalms 28:6 - General Psalms 116:1 - because
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 complained of, Psalms 80:4; but graciously heard and received it;
nor his mercy from me; for that endures for ever, and is from everlasting to everlasting on them that fear the Lord, Psalms 103:17; all which require thankfulness and praise, which is here given.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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.
Nor his mercy from me - There is no more proper ground of praise than the fact that God hears prayer - the prayer of poor, ignorant, sinful, dying men. When we consider how great is his condescension in doing this; when we think of his greatness and immensity; when we reflect that the whole universe is dependent on him, and that the farthest worlds need his care and attention; when we bear in mind that we are creatures of a day and “know nothing;” and especially when we remember how we have violated his laws, how sensual, corrupt, and vile our lives have been, how low and grovelling have been our aims and purposes, how we have provoked him by our unbelief, our ingratitude, and our hardness of heart - we can never express, in appropriate words, the extent of his goodness in hearing our prayers, nor can we find language which will properly give utterance to the praises due to his name for having condescended to listen to our cries for mercy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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.
ANALYSIS OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH PSALM
There are five parts in this Psalm: -
I. An invitation.
1. To praise God, Psalms 66:1-4.
2. To consider his works, Psalms 66:5-7.
II. A repetition of the invitation, Psalms 66:8, for the benefit and deliverance lately received, Psalms 66:9-12.
III. A protestation and vow for himself, that he would serve the Lord, Psalms 66:13-15.
IV. A declaration of God's goodness to him, which he invites all to come and hear, Psalms 66:16-19.
V. A doxology, with which he concludes, Psalms 66:20.
I. The invitation to praise God affectionately and heartily.
1. "Make a joyful song." 2. "Sing the honour of his name." 3. "Make his praise glorious." 4. "Say unto God," c. Where he prescribes the form in which God shall be praised.
He calls all men to consider his works, and the double effect: - 1. On God's enemies. 2. On his people.
1. On his enemies, a feigned obedience, Psalms 66:3. See the note.
2. On his people, a willing service, Psalms 66:4.
He calls on them again, Psalms 66:5, to consider God's works, specially in delivering his people: 1. At the Red Sea. 2. In passing Jordan on foot, Psalms 66:6.
He calls them to behold God's power and providence. 1. His power in ruling. 2. His providence in beholding, and, 3. His justice in punishing the rebellious, Psalms 66:7.
II. He again invites them to praise God for some special mercy, without which they would have been destroyed, Psalms 66:8. 1. He kept them alive. 2. Suffered not their feet to slip, Psalms 66:9. 3. He tried, that he might purify, them.
He illustrates this trial by five similes taken, - 1. From silver. 2. From a net. 3. From a burden laid on the loins. 4. From bondage and slavery - men rode over us. 5. From fire and water useful servants, but cruel masters, Psalms 66:10-12.
But the issue of all these trials was good: - they were brought through all, and profited by each.
III. For this he gives thanks, and purposes to pay his vows.
1. He would attend God's worship: "I will go into thy house," Psalms 66:13.
2. He would there present his offerings, Psalms 66:14.
3. These should be of the best kind, Psalms 66:15.
IV. He declares God's goodness, and invites all that fear God to hear what he has got to say. Not of what he was to offer to God, but of what God had done for him.
1. He cried to God, and he heard him.
2. He took care to avoid iniquity, that his prayers might not be cast out: "For God heareth not sinners."
V. He closes the Psalm with a doxology, blessing God that, not through his merit, but his own mercy, he had heard and answered him. He attributes nothing to himself, but all mercy to his God, Psalms 66:20.
