Psalms 66:8

Easy-to-Read Version

People, praise our God. Sing loud songs of praise to him.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Let the whole world bless our God and loudly sing his praises.

English Revised Version
O bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

Update Bible Version
Oh bless our God, you peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;

New Century Version
You people, praise our God; loudly sing his praise.

New English Translation
Praise our God, you nations! Loudly proclaim his praise!

Webster's Bible Translation
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

World English Bible
Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

Amplified Bible
Bless our God, O peoples, And make the sound of His praise be heard abroad,

English Standard Version
Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye hethen men, blesse oure God; and make ye herd the vois of his preising.

Berean Standard Bible
Praise our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.

Contemporary English Version
All of you people, come praise our God! Let his praises be heard.

American Standard Version
Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Bible in Basic English
Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

Complete Jewish Bible
Bless our God, you peoples! Let the sound of his praise be heard!

Darby Translation
Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of His praise to be heard;

King James Version (1611)
O blesse our God, yee people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

New Life Bible
Give honor and thanks to God, O people, and let all hear how great He is!

New Revised Standard
Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Prayse our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his prayse to be heard.

George Lamsa Translation
O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard,

Good News Translation
Praise our God, all nations; let your praise be heard.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Bless our God, O ye peoples, And cause to he heard, the sound of his praise; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
(65-8) O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

Revised Standard Version
Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O ye people blesse your Lorde: and make the voyce of his praise to be heard.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Bless our God, ye Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Christian Standard Bible®
Bless our God, you peoples;let the sound of his praise be heard.

Hebrew Names Version
Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

King James Version
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

Lexham English Bible
Bless our God, O peoples, and cause the sound of his praise to be heard,

Literal Translation
Bless our God, O peoples, and make heard the voice of His praise;

Young's Literal Translation
Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Which holdeth or soule in life, and suffreth not oure fete to slippe.

THE MESSAGE
Bless our God, O peoples! Give him a thunderous welcome! Didn't he set us on the road to life? Didn't he keep us out of the ditch? He trained us first, passed us like silver through refining fires, Brought us into hardscrabble country, pushed us to our very limit, Road-tested us inside and out, took us to hell and back; Finally he brought us to this well-watered place.

New American Standard Bible
Bless our God, you peoples, And sound His praise abroad,

New King James Version
Oh, bless our God, you peoples! And make the voice of His praise to be heard,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Bless our God, O peoples, And sound His praise abroad,

Legacy Standard Bible
Bless our God, O peoples,And make the sound of His praise heard,

Contextual Overview

⁸ People, praise our God. Sing loud songs of praise to him. ⁹ He continues to give us life, and he keeps us from falling. ¹⁰ God, you have tested us, as people test silver with fire. ¹¹ You let us be trapped. You put heavy burdens on us. ¹² You let our enemies run over us. We went through fire and water, but you brought us to a safe place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

O bless: Deuteronomy 32:43, Romans 15:10, Romans 15:11

make: Psalms 66:2, Psalms 47:1, Jeremiah 33:11, Revelation 5:11-14, Revelation 19:1, Revelation 19:5, Revelation 19:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 34:3 - let us Psalms 95:1 - Come

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O bless our God, ye people,.... In all countries, that know the Lord and fear him; ascribe blessing, and honour and glory, to Christ our God, on account of his works, actions, perfections, kingdom and power; and because of the destruction of those who are rebels to his government;

and make the voice of his praise to be heard; far and near, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs; by shoutings, and loud acclamations of joy; see Revelation 19:5; where Christ is called our God, and a like exhortation is made as here.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O bless our God, ye people - That is, particularly the people of the nation; the Hebrew people. The call here to praise or bless God is on account of some special benefit which had been conferred on them, and which is referred to more particularly in the following verses. It was his gracious interposition in the time of danger, by which they were delivered from their foes, Psalms 66:11-12.

And make the voice of his praise to be heard - Let it be sounded out afar, that it may be heard abroad.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 66:8. O bless our God — Who have so much cause as you to sing praises to the Lord? Hear what he has done for you: