Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Psalms: Psalms Chapter 66
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]
Psalms 66:1
psa 66:1
All lands - Ye people of all nations. He invites the Gentile world, to the contemplation and celebration of God's works.
Psalms 66:6
psa 66:6
We - Our nation, or our ancestors, in whose loins we then were.
Psalms 66:10
psa 66:10
Proved us - As it were in a burning furnace; and with a design to purge out our dross.
Psalms 66:11
psa 66:11
Net - Which our enemies laid for us.
Psalms 66:12
psa 66:12
To ride - To use us like slaves.
Psalms 66:15
psa 66:15
I will go - One speaks in the name of all the rest. Incense - With the fat of rams, which is no less pleasing to God than incense.
Psalms 66:18
psa 66:18
Iniquity - Any sin. In heart - If my heart had been false to God, although I might have forborne outward acts. If I had been guilty of that, by heart was set upon sin, or I desired only that which I resolved in my heart to spend upon my lusts.