Proverbia 66:3

Nova Vulgata

Dicite Deo: "Quam terribilia sunt opera tua. Prae multitudine virtutis tuae blandientur tibi inimici tui.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
ut cognascamus in terra viam tuam, in omnibus gentibus salutare tuum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
ut cognoscamus in terra viam tuam,
in omnibus gentibus salutare tuum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How terrible: Psalms 47:2, Psalms 65:5, Psalms 76:12, Exodus 15:1-16, Exodus 15:21, Judges 5:2-4, Judges 5:20-22, Isaiah 2:19, Isaiah 64:3, Jeremiah 10:10

through: Psalms 18:44, Psalms 22:28, Psalms 22:29, Psalms 68:30, Psalms 81:15

submit themselves: or, yield feigned obedience, Heb. lie, Psalms 78:35, Psalms 78:36

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:8 - and I will Exodus 8:29 - deal Exodus 34:10 - a terrible Deuteronomy 33:29 - found liars 1 Samuel 6:5 - give glory 1 Samuel 13:12 - I forced 2 Samuel 1:2 - he fell 2 Samuel 7:23 - great things 2 Samuel 19:18 - fell down 2 Samuel 22:45 - submit themselves 1 Kings 21:29 - Ahab 1 Chronicles 16:25 - he also 1 Chronicles 17:21 - greatness Ezra 9:3 - sat Nehemiah 4:14 - great Nehemiah 9:32 - our God Job 37:23 - excellent Psalms 18:39 - subdued Psalms 45:5 - people Psalms 65:8 - afraid Psalms 66:5 - terrible Psalms 92:5 - O Lord Psalms 96:4 - he is Psalms 99:3 - thy great Psalms 145:5 - will speak Isaiah 25:3 - General Isaiah 40:10 - his arm Isaiah 41:5 - the ends Isaiah 48:1 - not in truth Jeremiah 3:10 - feignedly Jeremiah 6:20 - To what Nahum 1:3 - great Mark 5:6 - he ran Luke 20:20 - feign 2 Timothy 1:5 - unfeigned James 4:7 - Submit 2 Peter 2:3 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Say unto God,.... Or, "concerning God" t, as some; or, "before God", as the Targum; say to him as follows, in psalms and hymns of praise:

how terrible art thou in thy works! or "reverend" u; to be feared and reverenced with a godly fear on account of them; such as the works of nature and providence, which are stupendous and marvellous, fearfully and wonderfully wrought; and especially those of grace and redemption, in which the goodness of Christ is manifest, and for which he is to be feared: unless rather his judgments upon his enemies are here meant; who, though he is a Lamb to his own people, is the Lion of the tribe of Judah to them, whom he will break in pieces as a potter's vessel it may be read, "how terrible", or "tremendous", is everyone of "thy works"; so Aben Ezra, and also Jarchi, who interprets the next clause,

through the greatness of thy power, thus,

"when thou showest to the world thy power, by the pestilence, or sword, or famine, or lightnings:''

shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee? in a lying, flattering, and deceitful manner, as the word w here used signifies;

:-; or, as the above interpreters,

"they shall, through the greatness of fear, confess the lies and transgressions they have committed.''

It will be a forced, and not a free, confession and submission; Christ's enemies, whether they will or not, will be obliged to own that he is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Philippians 2:10.

t אמרו לאלהים "dicite de Deo", Campensis apud Gejerum; and some in Michaelis. u נורא "reverendus", Junius Tremellius. w יבחשו "mentientur", V. L. Musculus, Montanus "mendaciter se dedunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Amama.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Say unto God - In your songs of praise. Let your songs be directly addressed to him, setting forth the grounds of that praise, or the reasons why it is due to him.

How terrible art thou in thy works! - How fearful! how much to be reverenced! The meaning is, that the manifestations of his power and greatness, in the events which occur under his government, are suited to impress the mind with awe and reverence.

Through the greatness of thy power - By the putting forth of thy power. Or, Thou hast such power over thine enemies as to be able to compel them to submit to thee.

Shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee - Margin, Lie, or yield reigned obedience. The Hebrew word means to lie, to speak lies; then, to feign, to flatter, to play the hypocrite. It is thus applied to the vanquished, who make a hollow profession of submission and love to their victors. See the word explained in the notes at Psalms 18:44; compare Psalms 81:15; Deuteronomy 33:29; Job 31:28. The meaning here is, that he had power to subdue them, and to compel them to acknowledge his right to reign. It is the putting forth of mere power which is here referred to; and all that such power can do, is to secure outward and reigned submission. It cannot of itself secure the submission of the heart, the will, and the affections. That is to be secured by love, not by power; and the difference between the submission of the true people of God and that of all others is that the former are subdued by love, the latter by power; the submission of the former is genuine, that of the latter is forced. The inhabitants of heaven will be submissive to God because they love him; the dwellers in hell will be restrained by power, because they cannot deliver themselves. So now, the submission of a true child of God is that of love, or is a willing submission; the submission of a hypocrite is that of fear, when he feigns obedience because he cannot help it, or because he simply dreads the wrath of God. The object here is to celebrate the power of God, and it was sufficient, in order to set that forth, to say that it awed, and outwardly subdued the enemies of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 66:3. How terrible art thou ] Consider the plagues with which he afflicted Egypt before he brought your fathers from their captivity, which obliged all his enemies to submit.

Thine enemies submit themselves — Literally, lie unto thee. This was remarkably the case with Pharaoh and the Egyptians. They promised again and again to let the people go, when the hand of the Lord was upon them: and they as frequently falsified their word.