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NASB | Psalm 66:3 Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 66:3 Say to God, "How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You. |
Bible Question: I'm not sure I understand your answer. Doesn't the NASB's word "feigned" contrast sharply with other accurate translations (such as those mentioned)? Were the enemies feigning obedience or did they overtly submit as to "cower in fear", as in the NET? |
Bible Answer: Here are some more commentaries that I hope will help your understanding of the gist of this verse. The Geneva study Bible has it as: "66:3 Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies b submit themselves unto thee. (b) As the faithful obey God willingly, so the infidels disguise themselves as obedient out of fear." Spurgeon writes: --"Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee;" but, as the Hebrew clearly intimates, it will be a forced and false submission. Power brings a man to his knee, but love alone wins his heart. Pharaoh said he would let Israel go, but he lied unto God; he submitted in word but not in deed. Tens of thousands, both in earth and hell, are rendering this constrained homage to the Almighty; they only submit because they cannot do otherwise; it is not their loyalty, but his power, which keeps them subjects of his boundless dominion. "-- C H Spurgeon Adam Clarke's Commentary: "Thine enemies submit themselves] Literally, lie unto thee." This was remarkably the case with Pharaoh and the Egyptians. They promised again and again to let the people go, when the hand of the Lord was upon them: and they as frequently falsified their word." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: "submit themselves. or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie." I hope that clears it up a bit for you. John |
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