66:19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
66:20 God deserves praise, 1
for 2 he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me! 3
1 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”