Psalms 66

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

To the Chief Musician. A Melodious Song. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth;

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

Praise ye in song the glory of his Name, Celebrate the glory of 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 fearful in thy doings, Through the abounding of thy power, shall thy foes come cringing unto thee;

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

All the earth, shall bow themselves down to thee, And sing praises unto thee, Shall praise in song thy 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 doings of God, —Fearful in deed 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 turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream, crossed they over on foot, There did 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 ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. (Selah)

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

Bless our God, O ye peoples, And cause to be heard, the sound of his praise; —

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

Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip.

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

For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:

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

Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load upon 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.

Thou didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom.

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

I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto 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 uttered, And my mouth spake, 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)

Ascending-sacrifices of fatlings, will I cause to ascend unto thee, With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls, with he-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! hearken—that I may recount, all ye reverers of God, What he hath done for my soul: —

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

Unto him—with my mouth, did I cry, And high praise was under my tongue.

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

If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!

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

But in truth, God hath heard, He hath 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 hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his own lovingkindness from me.