Psalms 66

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

TO THE OVERSEER. A SONG. A PSALM. Shout to God, all the earth.

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

Praise the glory of His Name, Make honorable 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 fearful Your works—By the abundance of Your strength, Your enemies feign obedience to You.

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

All the earth bows to You, They sing praise to You, they praise Your Name.” (Selah)

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, Fearful acts toward 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.

He has turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There 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)

Ruling by His might for all time, His eyes watch among the nations, The stubborn do not exalt themselves. (Selah)

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

Bless our God you peoples, And sound the voice of His praise,

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

Who has placed our soul in life, And has not permitted our feet to be moved.

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

For You have tried us, O God, You have refined us as the refining of silver.

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

You have brought us into a net, You have placed pressure on our loins.

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 have caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And You bring us out to a watered place.

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

I enter Your house with burnt-offerings, I complete my vows to You,

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

For my lips were opened, And my mouth spoke in my distress:

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 offer to You burnt-offerings of fatlings, With incense of rams, I prepare a bullock with male goats.” (Selah)

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, all you who fear God, And I recount what He did for my soul.

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

I have called to Him [with] my mouth, And exaltation [is] under my tongue.

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

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord does not hear.

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

But God has heard, 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 [is] God, Who has not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!