Psalms 66

1 To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm. Send up a glad cry 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 Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

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

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 adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.

5 Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons 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 turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass 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 ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him he exalted in themselves.

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

O bless our God, ye 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 hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

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

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

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

Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath 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 I extolled him with my tongue.

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

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

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

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

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

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