Psalms 66

1 For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!

Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection. Shout with joy to God, all the earth,

2 Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.

Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise.

3 Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

4 All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.”

Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.

5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.

Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him.

7 He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.

Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him he exalted in themselves.

8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.

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

9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

11 You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back:

12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through tire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

14 the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.

Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats.

I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.

16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.

17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.

I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.

18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.

20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!

Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.