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Psalms 66:5

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

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לְכ֣וּlekhvcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וּ֭רְאוּurevand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and see”, a commandH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…מִפְעֲל֣וֹתmifalotworkמִפְעָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4659a performancework.אֱלֹהִ֑יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.נוֹרָ֥אnorafearיָרֵאverb, niphal, participle, construct — “fear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).עֲ֝לִילָ֗הalilahdeedעֲלִילָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deed”, the ordinary formH5949an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunityact(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אָדָֽםadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

Young’s Literal Translation

Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men.

World English Bible

Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

Darby Translation

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in [his] doings toward the children of men.

Douay-Rheims

Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Come and behold the works of God; he is terrible in his counsels beyond the children of men.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δεῦτε καὶ ἴδετε τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ, φοβερὸς ἐν βουλαῖς ὑπὲρ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.