< Psalms 66 >
1 For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
Make a joyful noise to God, all you lands:
2 Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.
Sing forth the honor 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 to God, How terrible are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.
4 All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.”
All the earth shall worship you, and shall sing to you; they shall sing to your name. (Selah)
5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7 He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.
He rules by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)
8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
Which holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved.
10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
11 You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
You brought us into the net; you laid affliction on our loins.
12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but you brought us out into a wealthy place.
13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
I will go into your house with burnt offerings: I will pay you my vows,
14 the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has 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 to you burnt sacrifices of fatted calves, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. (Selah)
16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he has 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 he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
If I regard 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.
But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
Blessed be God, which has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.