The Meaning of Psalms 66:15 Explained

Psalms 66:15

KJV: I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

YLT: 'Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah.

Darby: I will offer up unto thee burnt-offerings of fatted beasts, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

ASV: I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I will offer  unto thee burnt sacrifices  of fatlings,  with the incense  of rams;  I will offer  bullocks  with goats.  Selah. 

What does Psalms 66:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 66:1-15 - "come And See The Works Of God"
Some of the old expositors speak of this psalm as "the Lord's Prayer in the Old Testament."
A summons to praise, Psalms 66:1-4
The devout soul cannot be glad alone. It demands sympathy in its raptures. All the earth is not too great for an orchestra, nor all mankind for a choir. God's love may compel a feigned obedience, Psalms 66:3, R.V., margin, but the divine Spirit changes the heart.
Divine deliverance, Psalms 66:5-12
Come and see. Compare John 1:39-40. Let us never forget the great past. The Red Sea and the Jordan have their counterparts in all lives. How often God has turned our seas into dry land, and cleaved paths through our rivers! Through the flood on foot is a miracle of daily experience. The rebels exalt themselves, but we are unmoved. We are tried in the fire, but no atom perishes. We go through persecution and oppression, but we come forth into abundance.
The payment of vows, Psalms 66:13-15
Let us pay under bright skies what we vowed under dark ones. Pay your vows; declare what God has done for you; offer not beasts, but offer yourself, as a living sacrifice unto God! Romans 12:1. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 66

1  David exhorts to praise God
5  observe his great works
8  to bless him for his gracious benefits
12  He vows for himself reverent service to God
16  He declares God's special goodness to himself

What do the individual words in Psalms 66:15 mean?

Burnt sacrifices of fat animals I will offer You with the sweet aroma of rams I will offer bulls goats Selah
עֹ֘ל֤וֹת מֵחִ֣ים אַעֲלֶה־ לָּ֭ךְ עִם־ קְטֹ֣רֶת אֵילִ֑ים אֶ֥עֱשֶֽׂה בָקָ֖ר עַתּוּדִ֣ים סֶֽלָה

עֹ֘ל֤וֹת  Burnt  sacrifices 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
מֵחִ֣ים  of  fat  animals 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֵחַ  
Sense: fatling, fat one.
אַעֲלֶה־  I  will  offer 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
קְטֹ֣רֶת  the  sweet  aroma 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: קְטֹרֶת  
Sense: incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice.
אֵילִ֑ים  of  rams 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
אֶ֥עֱשֶֽׂה  I  will  offer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בָקָ֖ר  bulls 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
עַתּוּדִ֣ים  goats 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַתּוּד  
Sense: ram, he-goat, chief one.
סֶֽלָה  Selah 
Parse: Interjection
Root: סֶלָה  
Sense: to lift up, exalt.