Psalms 66

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

For the end, a Song of Psalm of resurrection. Shout to God, all the earth.

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

O sing praises 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 to God, How awful are your works! through the greatness of your power your enemies shall lie to you.

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

Let all the earth worship you, and sing to you; let them sing to your name. (Pause)

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

Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond the children of men.

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

Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river 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 is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke [him] be exalted in themselves. (Pause)

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

Bless our God, you Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

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

who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved.

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

For you, O God, has proved us; you have tried us with fire as silver is tried.

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

You brought us into the snare; you 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.

You did mount men upon our heads; we went through the fire and water; but you brought us out into [a place of] refreshment.

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

I will go into your house with whole 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 framed, and my mouth uttered in my 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 to you whole burnt sacrifices full of marrow, with incense and rams; I will sacrifice to you oxen with goats. (Pause)

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

Come, hear, and I will tell, all you that fear God, how great things 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 exalted him with my tongue.

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

If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord listen [to me].

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

Therefore God has listened to 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, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.