Psalms 66:20
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms 66:20 in other translations
| BSB | Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion! |
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| WEB | Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me. |
| ASV | Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me. |
| YLT | Blessed is God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me! |
| DARBY | Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me! |
| BBE | Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me. |
| Webster | Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. |
What does Psalms 66:20 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Psalms 66:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 66:20
- Psalms 86:12-13
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Psalms 68:35
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
- Psalms 51:11
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
- 2 Samuel 7:14-15
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- Psalms 22:24
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.
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Context
- Psalms 66:19
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
- Psalms 66:20
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms 66:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Bendito Dios, que no echó de sí mi oración, ni de mí su misericordia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Béni soit Dieu, qui n’a point rejeté ma prière, ni retiré d’avec moi sa bonté. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gepriesen sei Gott, der nicht abgewiesen hat mein Gebet, noch von mir abgewandt seine Güte! |