66:13 I will enter 1 your temple with burnt sacrifices;
I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
66:14 which my lips uttered
and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
66:15 I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,
along with the smell of sacrificial rams.
I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)
66:19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
66:20 God deserves praise, 2
for 3 he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me! 4
1 sn Here the psalmist switches to the singular; he speaks as the representative of the nation.
2 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”
3 tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.
4 tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”