Psalm 66:3

Modern

Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

Traditional

Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

Literal

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works! In the abundance of Your might, Your enemies feign obedience to You.

Latin

Dicite Deo: Quam terribilia sunt opera tua, Domine! in multitudine virtutis tuæ mentientur tibi inimici tui.

Hebrew

English

Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

God defeats his enemies (see Psalm 18:44; 59:11; 81:15).

The psalmist urges nature to join a powerful song to praise God's glory, name, and power.

This anonymous psalm includes two hymns (Psalm 66:1–12, 13–20) that praise God for saving his people.

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 18:44
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
Psalm 65:5
With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
Psalm 81:15
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
Psalm 47:2
How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
Psalm 78:35–36
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Psalm 22:28–29
For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
Isaiah 2:19
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
Isaiah 64:3
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
Psalm 76:12
He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
Exodus 15:1–16
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Judges 5:2–4
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.