Psalms 66

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

To him that excelleth. A song or Psalme. Rejoice in God, all ye inhabitants of the earth.

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

Sing forth the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.

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

Say vnto God, Howe terrible art thou in thy workes! through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies be in subiection vnto thee.

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

All the worlde shall worship thee, and sing vnto thee, euen sing of thy Name. (Selah)

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

Come and beholde the workes of God: he is terrible in his doing towarde the sonnes of men.

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

He hath turned the Sea into drie land: they passe through the riuer on foote: there did we reioyce in him.

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

He ruleth the worlde with his power: his eyes beholde the nations: the rebellious shall not exalt them selues. (Selah)

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

Prayse our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his prayse to be heard.

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

Which holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.

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

For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.

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

Thou hast brought vs into the snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.

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

Thou hast caused men to ryde ouer our heads: we went into fire and into water, but thou broughtest vs out into a welthie place.

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

I will go into thine House with burnt offrings, and will pay thee my vowes,

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

Which my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hath spoken in mine affliction.

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

I will offer vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. (Selah)

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

Come and hearken, all ye that feare God, and I will tell you what he hath done to my soule.

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

I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.

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

If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.

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

But God hath heard me, and considered the voyce of my prayer.

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

Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.