Psalm 66

1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Key Verse:
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Key Observation:
The millennial flavor to this psalm is evident in the key verse.

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

Devotion:
“Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.” Israel will soon be saying this; the last psalm and through Psalm 75 are known as millennial psalms. We are soon coming to the time when all shall know God, when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is God, to the glory of God the Father. Psalm 65:2 says O thou who hear prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

Paul teaches us that even creation itself is groaning for the Savior, that the curse of sin may be mitigated, and that creation itself might experience healing. The era of the “age of grace” is even now drawing to a close. Called sometimes “the time of the Gentiles” we have been invited to take a place in the family of God as Christ has been preached in every nation. Let us not grow weary in well-doing, but work all the more as we see this age come to its conclusion with the glorious appearing of our Lord.


I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I’m onward bound,
"Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."

Refrain
Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on Heaven’s table land,
A higher plane than I have found;
"Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."

My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where those abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.

Refrain
Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on Heaven’s table land,
A higher plane than I have found;
"Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."