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Make a Joyful Noise

Psalms 66:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
KJV
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.submit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie
WEB
Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
ASV
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
LSV
Say to God, “How fearful Your works—By the abundance of Your strength, || Your enemies feign obedience to You.
YLT
Say to God, 'How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.
DBY
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.Elohim
DRC65:3
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.
GNV
Say vnto God, Howe terrible art thou in thy workes! through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies be in subiection vnto thee.
JPS
Say unto God: 'How tremendous is Thy work! Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee.
LXXE65:3
Say unto God, How awful are thy works! through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall lie to thee.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אִמְר֣וּ לֵ֭אלֹהִים מַה־נּוֹרָ֣א מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ בְּרֹ֥ב עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ לְךָ֣ אֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br65:3
Εἴπατε τῷ Θεῷ ὡς φοβερὰ τὰ ἔργα σου; ἐν τῷ πλήθει τῆς δυνάμεώς σου ψεύσονταί σε οἱ ἐχθροί σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
  • Psalms 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
  • Psalms 81:15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
  • Psalms 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
  • Psalms 22:28–29For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations. All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
  • Isaiah 2:19Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
  • Psalms 78:35–36And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
  • Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  • Isaiah 64:3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
  • Psalms 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
  • Exodus 15:1–16Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my…
  • Judges 5:20–22From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera. The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength! Then the hooves of horses…
  • Psalms 68:30Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
  • Judges 5:2–4“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD. Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel. O LORD, when You…
  • Exodus 15:21And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

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