Psalms 66

1 Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of the Resurrection. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth.

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

2 Proclaim a psalm to his name. Give glory to his praise.

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

3 Exclaim to God, “How terrible are your works, O Lord!” According to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you.

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.

4 Let all the earth adore you and sing psalms to you. May it sing a psalm to your name.

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

5 Draw near and see the works of God, who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.

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

6 He converts the sea into dry land. They will cross the river on foot. There, we will rejoice in him.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

7 He rules by his virtue for eternity. His eyes gaze upon the nations. May those who exasperate him, not be exalted in themselves.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah)

8 Bless our God, you Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise be heard.

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

9 He has set my soul toward life, and he has granted that my feet may not be shaken.

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

10 For you, O God, have tested us. You have examined us by fire, just as silver is examined.

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

11 You have led us into a snare. You have placed tribulations on our back.

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

12 You have set men over our heads. We have crossed through fire and water. And you have led us out to refreshment.

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

13 I will enter your house with holocausts. I will repay my vows to you,

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

14 which my lips discerned and my mouth spoke, in my tribulation.

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

15 I will offer to you holocausts full of marrow, with the burnt offerings of rams. I will offer to you bulls as well as goats.

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

16 Draw near and listen, all you who fear God, and I will describe to you how much he has done for my soul.

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.

17 I cried out to him with my mouth, and I extolled him under my breath.

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

18 If I have seen iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not heed me.

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

19 And yet, God has heeded me and he has attended to the voice of my supplication.

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

20 Blessed is God, who has not removed my prayer, nor his mercy, from me.

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