Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 66:15
I will go — One speaks in the name of all the rest. Incense — With the fat of rams, which is no less pleasing to God than incense.
I will go — One speaks in the name of all the rest. Incense — With the fat of rams, which is no less pleasing to God than incense.
Verse Psalms 66:15. _I WILL OFFER, C._] Thou shalt have the best of the herd and of the fold the lame and the blind shall never be given to thee for sacrifice. _THE INCENSE OF RAMS_] The fine effluvi...
I WILL OFFER UNTO THEE BURNT SACRIFICES OF FATLINGS - Margin, marrow. On the word rendered “burnt-offerings” see the notes at Isaiah 1:11. The word rendered “fatlings” is rendered in Isaiah 5:17, lamb...
Psalms 66 The Praise and Worship of the Millennium _ 1. What God hath wrought! (Psalms 66:1)_ 2. Israel's praise and worship (Psalms 66:8) “Shout aloud unto God, all the earth! Sing the glory of H...
LXVI. A AND LXVI. B. Here again we have two Pss., rather unskilfully joined together, for the former ends, the latter begins abruptly. In Psalms 66 A (Psalms 66:1) the speaker always uses the first pe...
OFFER. prepare. Hebrew. _'asah._ App-43. SELAH. Connecting verses: Psalms 66:5 and Psalms 66:16. See note on Psalms 66:4, and App-66....
The people's leader and representative enters the Temple to pay the vows which he made in the hour of national distress....
Burnt offerings of fatlings will I offer unto thee, Together with incense of rams. -Incense of rams" denotes the sweet savour of the sacrifice ascending as it was consumed by fire. Cp. perhaps, thoug...
OF FATLINGS— i.e. The fattest lambs. _The incense of rams,_ means the odour of the fat of rams, which was burned in sacrifice....
PSALMS 66 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Invitation to All the Earth to Join in Israel's Song of Praise. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 66:1-4, Invitation based on Display of Divine Power. Stanza II., Psalms 66:5-7...
_I WILL OFFER UNTO THEE BURNT SACRIFICES OF FATLINGS, WITH THE INCENSE OF RAMS; I WILL OFFER BULLOCKS WITH GOATS. SELAH._ With the incense of rams - i:e., their burned fat. I WILL OFFER BULLOCKS -...
This Ps. triumphantly celebrates a great national deliverance. The whole earth is summoned to join in the chorus of praise (Psalms 66:1). The memories of the exodus are recalled (Psalms 66:5), but onl...
INCENSE OF RAMS] not actual incense, but the 'sweet savour' of the burning flesh....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
I WILL OFFER. — Such a holocaust could hardly have been vowed by a single person. It is the community that speaks. Besides, the ram was not a sacrifice for any individual, but particularly enjoined fo...
עֹ֘לֹ֤ות מֵחִ֣ים אַעֲלֶה ־לָּ֭ךְ עִם ־קְטֹ֣רֶת...
Psalms 66:1 THE most striking feature of this psalm is the transition from the plural "we" and "our," in Psalms 66:1, to the singular "I" and "my," in Psalms 66:13. Ewald supposes that two independent...
“COME AND SEE THE WORKS OF GOD” Psalms 66:1 Some of the old expositors speak of this psalm as “the Lord's Prayer in the Old Testament.” A SUMMONS TO PRAISE, PSALMS 66:1 The devout soul cannot be gl...
This is one of the most beautiful of the songs of worship. It is divided into two parts by a change from the use of the plural pronoun (verses Psa 66:1-12) to the use of the singular (verses Psa 66:13...
It is sweet and profitable to go up to God's house, under the leadings of God's Spirit, at all times, and upon all occasions; and it is doubly sweet when, after sickness or detention from God's ordina...
15_I will offer unto thee burnt-sacrifices of fatlings. _We must suppose the speaker to be either David or one of the more considerable men of the nation, for none in humbler circumstances could have...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 65, 66 AND 67. In Psalms 65-67 we have the bright side, the bright and joyful confidence of the saint who is conscious of being heard, and who, though not yet in...
I WILL OFFER UNTO THEE BURNT SACRIFICES OF FATLINGS,.... Of the fattest of the flock; that is, of the best; such as Abel offered, Genesis 4:4; WITH THE INCENSE OF RAMS; or "rams with incense" f; the...
_I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah._ Ver. 15. _I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings_] Heb. marrow,...
_I will_ go, &c. The psalmist, having before endeavoured to excite all people in general, and all God's people in particular, to praise the Lord, here declares it to be his own resolution to worship a...
THANKSGIVING FOR THE MIRACLES OF GOD'S DELIVERANCE. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a song or psalm, the name of the inspired poet not being mentioned....
I will offer unto Thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, lambs and bullocks, the chief animals of Old Testament sacrifice, WITH THE INCENSE OF RAMS, as a free-will offering accompanying the burnt sacrific...
FATLINGS: _ Heb._ marrow...
13-20 We should declare unto those that fear God, what he has done for our souls, and how he has heard and answered our prayers, inviting them to join us in prayer and praise; this will turn to our m...
WITH THE INCENSE OF RAMS; with the fat of rams, which in these peace-offerings was burnt upon the altar, and so vanished into smoke like incense, and which is no less pleasing to God than incense....
Psalms 66:15 offer H5927 (H8686) sacrifices H5930 animals H4220 aroma H7004 rams H352 offer H6213 (H8799) bulls...
PART 2). ISRAEL'S GRATEFUL RESPONSE TO GOD'S DELIVERANCE REVEALED IN OFFERINGS AND THE FULFILMENT OF VOWS, AND A CALL FOR CONSIDERATION OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS IN ANSWERING PRAYER (PSALMS 66:13). a) Del...
Psalms 66:1. _Make a joyful noise unto God all ye lands: sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious._ In a company of advanced saints, silence may be sometimes profitable. The first...
Psalms 66:1. _Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:_ Let not Israel alone do it. Take up the strain, ye nations. He is the God of all the nations of the earth. «Make a joyful noise unto God, al...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God for His sovereign dominion and power in the whole creation. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God's works are wonderful in themselves and if duly considered, will...
This in the Greek is called a psalm of the resurrection, no doubt because God had in David's time revived the nation. The application to the captivity is unsupported by the language of joy. David here...
_I will go into Thy house with burnt offerings; I will pay Thee my vows._ RELIGIOUS INDIVIDUALISM Here is a deep conscious selfhood; the speaker is concerned with his own feelings and his own obligat...
_Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands._ PROVIDENCE The real theme of this psalm is in the last section: it is a psalm of thanksgiving for a special mercy experienced by an individual. But the a...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 66:1. This is a thanksgiving for God’s answer to the prayer of one particular member of God’s people. The first half (vv. Psalms 66:1) describ
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 66:13 The focus now shifts from Israel as a whole to a particular worshiper (I). A person in Israel (including sojourners) could make a vow to the Lord in a time of need. He could...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm or Song_. See Introduction to Psalms 48. Both the author and the occasion of the psalm are unknown....
EXPOSITION THIS is another song of thanksgiving, and is connected with a special deliverance (Psalms 66:10). The composer is about to offer a sacrifice to God in his holy place, in performance of a vo...
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious (Psalms 66:1-2). Sing forth the honor of the name of the Lord; make His praise glorious. Oh, tha...
1 Chronicles 16:1; 2 Samuel 6:13; 2 Samuel 6:17; Jeremiah 41:5...