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Psalm 66

Psalm 67 in the KJV and most English Bibles

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1

For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns.

Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ἐν ὕμνοις ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυίδ.

2

God be merciful to us, and bless us; And cause his face to shine upon us. Pause.

Ὁ Θεὸς οἰκτειρήσαι ἡμᾶς, καὶ εὐλογήσαι ἡμᾶς, ἐπιφάναι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς· διάψαλμα.

3

That men may know thy way on the earth, Thy salvation among all nations.

Τοῦ γνῶναι ἐν τῇ γῇ τὴν ὁδόν σου, ἐν πᾶσιν ἔθνεσι τὸ σωτήριόν σου.

4

Let the nations, O God, give thanks to thee; Let all the nations give thanks to thee.

Ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν σοι λαοὶ ὁ Θεὸς, ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν σοι λαοὶ πάντες.

5

Let the nations rejoice and exult, For thou shalt judge the peoples in equity, And shalt guide the nations on the earth. Pause.

Εὐφρανθήτωσαν καὶ ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν ἔθνη, ὅτι κρινεῖς λαοὺς ἐν εὐθύτητι, καὶ ἔθνη ἐν τῇ γῇ ὁδηγήσεις· διάψαλμα.

6

Let the peoples, O God, give thanks to thee; Let all the peoples give thanks to thee.

Ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν σοι λαοὶ, ὁ Θεὸς, ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν σοι λαοὶ πάντες.

7

The earth has yielded her fruit; Let God, our God, bless us.

Γῆ ἔδωκε τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῆς· εὐλογήσαι ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν,

8

Let God bless us; And let all the ends of the earth fear him.

εὐλογήσαι ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ φοβηθήτωσαν αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς.

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  • Blessed Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, tr. A. Cleveland Coxe from the Oxford translation, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888).
  • Scripture: the Septuagint, in the translation of Sir Lancelot Brenton (1851), with spelling updated by Adam Boyd (2020); the Greek is Brenton's Septuagint text.

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