Psalms 66

1 To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm. Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

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

2 Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise.

3 Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

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

4 Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah)

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: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

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

6 The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy 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 is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah)

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 Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

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

9 Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

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

10 For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

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

11 You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

You brought us into the snare; you laid afflictions on our back.

12 You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

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 come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

I will go into your house with whole burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows,

14 Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.

15 I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah)

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, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

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

17 My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.

18 I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

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

19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

Therefore God has listened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

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