Psalms 66:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!”(Selah)

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־הָאָ֤רֶץ ׀ יִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ לְ֭ךָ וִֽיזַמְּרוּ־לָ֑ךְ יְזַמְּר֖וּ שִׁמְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

All-the ʾāreṣ yištaḥăwû to you and yəzammərû-to you yəzammərû šimkā selāh

Grammar Details

• *ʾāreṣ*: noun feminine singular - earth/land/ground
• *yištaḥăwû*: verb hishtaphel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - worship/bow down
• *yəzammərû*: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - sing/praise
• *šimkā*: noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name
• *selāh*: musical notation/interlude/pause - uncertain meaning

Word Meanings

• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/territory/ground
• *yištaḥăwû*: bow down/prostrate/worship
• *yəzammərû*: sing/praise/make music
• *šimkā*: your name/reputation/character
• *selāh*: musical interlude/pause/lift up/forever (exact meaning uncertain)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:27 : 27 Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the LORD and turn to him! Let all the nations worship you!
• Ps 117:1 : 1 Praise the LORD, all you nations! Applaud him, all you foreigners!
• Isa 2:2-4 : 2 In the future the mountain of the LORD’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it, 3 many peoples will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the LORD’s message will issue from Jerusalem. 4 He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.
• Isa 11:9 : 9 They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain. For there will be universal submission to the LORD’s sovereignty, just as the waters completely cover the sea.
• Isa 42:10-12 : 10 Sing to the LORD a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there! 11 Let the wilderness and its cities shout out, the towns where the nomads of Kedar live! Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully; let them shout loudly from the mountaintops. 12 Let them give the LORD the honor he deserves; let them praise his deeds in the coastlands.
• Isa 49:22-23 : 22 This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. 23 Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
• Dan 7:14 : 14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty. All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving him. His authority is eternal and will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
• Ps 65:5 : 5 You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance, O God, our savior. All the ends of the earth trust in you, as well as those living across the wide seas.
• Ps 67:2-3 : 2 Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people. 3 Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you!
• Ps 96:1-2 : 1 Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth! 2 Sing to the LORD! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!