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Psalms 66:8

O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

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בָּרְכ֖וּbarekhvblessבָרַךְverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “bless”, a commandH1288to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.עַמִּ֥יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּeloheynvGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods 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.וְ֝הַשְׁמִ֗יעוּvehashmivand hearשָׁמַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and hear”, a commandH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…ק֣וֹלqolsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.תְּהִלָּתֽוֹtehilatvopraiseתְּהִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “praise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8416laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymnpraise.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of His praise to be heard;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Young’s Literal Translation

Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise,

World English Bible

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

Darby Translation

Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Douay-Rheims

May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of His praise to be heard;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Bless our God, ye Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὐλογεῖτε ἔθνη τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀκουτίσατε τὴν φωνὴν τῆς αἰνέσεως αὐτοῦ,