Psalms 66 · Verse 16

Psalms 66:16

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalms 66:16, King James Version

Psalms 66:16 in other translations

BSBCome and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
WEBCome and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
ASVCome, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
YLTCome, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.
DARBYCome, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
BBECome, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.
WebsterCome and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

What does Psalms 66:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:16-20
16-20. With these he unites his public thanks, inviting those who fear God (Psa 60:4; 61:5, His true worshippers) to hear. He vindicates his sincerity, inasmuch as God would not hear hypocrites, but had heard him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God - While in captivity, the psalmist had sought the Lord with frequent prayer for his own personal salvation, and for the deliverance of the people; and God blessed him, heard his prayer, and turned the captivity. Now that he is returned in safety, he is determined to perform his vows to the Lord; and calls on all them that fear their Maker, who have any religious reverence for him, to attend to his account of the Lord's gracious dealings with him. He proposes to tell them his spiritual experience, what he needed, what he earnestly prayed for, and what God has done for him. Thus he intended to teach them by example, more powerful always than precept, however weighty in itself, and impressively delivered.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 66:13-20

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 mutual comfort, and to the glory of God. We cannot share these spiritual privileges, if we retain the love of sin in our hearts, though we refrain from the gross practice, Sin, regarded in the heart, will spoil the comfort and…

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Psalms 66:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְכֽוּ\־le.khu-comeH1980
שִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UlistenH8085
וַ֭אֲסַפְּרָהVa.'a.sa.pe.rahso let me recountH5608
כָּל\־kol-O allH3605
יִרְאֵ֣יyir.'Ei[those] fearingH3373
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.Him<of> GodH430
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834
עָשָׂ֣ה'a.Sahhe has doneH6213
לְנַפְשִֽׁי\׃le.naf.Shifor self myH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 66:16

  • Psalms 34:11

    Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

  • Psalms 71:15

    My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

  • Malachi 3:16

    Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

  • Psalms 71:18

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  • Psalms 66:5

    Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

  • 1 John 1:3

    That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  • Psalms 71:20

    Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  • Psalms 71:24

    My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

  • Psalms 22:23-24

    Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

  • Psalms 34:2

    My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:8-10

    And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  • Psalms 32:5-6

    I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Come.
5; 34:2,11; 71:18; Mal 3:16; 1Ti 1:15,16; 1Jo 1:3
and I will.
22:23,24; 32:5,6; 71:20; 1Co 15:8-10

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Context

  • Psalms 66:15

    I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

  • Psalms 66:16

    Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

  • Psalms 66:17

    I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

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Psalms 66:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Venid, oid todos los que teméis á Dios, y contaré lo que ha hecho á mi alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Venez, écoutez, vous tous qui craignez Dieu, et je raconterai ce qu’il a fait pour mon âme.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Kommet, höret zu, alle, die ihr Gott fürchtet, und ich will erzählen, was er an meiner Seele getan hat.