시편 Chapter 66

Translation: ESV

1

Shout for joy to God, all the earth;

Key Message

Because God is the Creator of all the world, all the earth must praise him.

▸This psalm opens with a universal invitation to praise directed at all the earth — all humanity.

This psalm opens with a universal invitation to praise directed at all the earth — all humanity. Because God is not merely Israel's God but the Creator and Ruler of all the earth, all the earth must praise him. This universal invitation already contains missionary theology in the Old Testament.

Related Verses

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
2

sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

Key Message

To gloriously praise God's name is the act of acknowledging the totality of his character and history.

▸The command to praise God's name.

5

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

Key Message

It is the calling of the worship community to see together and proclaim what God has done in history.

▸An invitation to behold God's acts of salvation.

10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Key Message

God refines believers like silver through hardship, and this is the theological meaning of suffering.

▸This confesses that hardship is God's test and refining.

18

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Key Message

Deliberately cherishing sin in the heart becomes a barrier that blocks prayer and communication with God.

▸The obstacle to answered prayer is identified as sin cherished in the heart.

20

Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!

Key Message

The experience of answered prayer leads to thanksgiving and praise for God's steadfast love.

▸The psalm's conclusion is thanksgiving for answered prayer.