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**Title. Song.** Hebrew. *shir* . See App-65 .
**Psalm.** Hebrew. *mizmor.* See App-65 .
**ye lands** = the earth; earth being put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), for its inhabitants.

**Make His praise glorious.** Aram, and Syriac read "Celebrate the glory of His praise".

**the earth.** See note on "ye lands", [Psalms 66:1](../../../kjv/psalms/66/1) .
**sing** = sing psalms.
**Selah.** Marking the Structure by showing that (verses: [Psalms 66:5-7](../../../kjv/psalms/66/5-7) ) corresponds with ([Psalms 66:16](../../../kjv/psalms/66/16) ); and connecting the exhortation of verses: [Psalms 66:1-4](../../../kjv/psalms/66/1-4) with the reason for it in [Psalms 66:5](../../../kjv/psalms/66/5) . See App-66 .

**Come and see.** Note the correspondence of [Psalms 66:16](../../../kjv/psalms/66/16) , "Come and hear".
**children** = sons.
**men.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**the sea:** i.e. the Red Sea.
**the flood:** i.e. the river Jordan.

**Selah.** Repeating the exhortation to praise, and connecting the two halves of the Psalm. ( App-66 .)

**our God.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, and Syriac, omit "our".
**people** = peoples.

**our soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read plural
**feet.** So some codices, with three early printed editions; others read "foot".

**affliction** = a heavy burden: i.e. in Egypt. Hebrew. *mu'akah.* Occurs only here.

**hast caused** = didst cause.
**men.** Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14 .
**our heads** = us. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part).
**heads.** So some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate; other codices read "head".
**wealthy place.** Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "freedom". Compare [Psalms 18:19](../../../kjv/psalms/18/19) .

**Which.** Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) = "which [vows]".
**uttered** = opened. Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) = "opened [and vowed]".

**offer** = prepare. Hebrew. *'asah.* App-43 .
**Selah.** Connecting verses: [Psalms 66:5-7](../../../kjv/psalms/66/5-7) and [Psalms 66:16](../../../kjv/psalms/66/16) . See note on [Psalms 66:4](../../../kjv/psalms/66/4) , and App-66 .

**my soul** = me (emph.) Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'aven.* App-44 .
**The LORD*.** One of the 134 places where the *Sopherim* say they altered Jehovah to Adonai. App-32 .
**hear** = answer.

**turned away** = turned away [from Himself]. Figure of speech *Ellipsis.* App-6 .
**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.
**To the chief Musician.** See App-64 .
**on** = relating to.
**Neginoth** = smitings: i.e. the smitings of Israel's enemies by God. See App-65 .

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