Psalms 66

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

“For the leader of the music. A psalm.” Shout joyfully unto God. all ye lands!

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

Sing ye the honor of his name; Make his praise glorious!

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 unto God, How terrible are thy doings! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies are suppliants to thee!

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

Let all the earth worship thee; Let it sing praise to thee, let it sing praise to thy name! (Pause)

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

Come, behold the works of God! How terrible his doings among the sons of men!

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

He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the deep on foot; Then we rejoiced 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.

By his power he ruleth for ever; His eyes are fixed upon the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves! (Pause)

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

O bless our God, ye nations. And make the voice of his praise to be heard!

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

It is he who preserveth our lives, And suffereth not our feet to stumble.

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

Thou hast, indeed, proved us, O God! Thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

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

Thou broughtest us into a snare, And didst lay a heavy burden upon our backs;

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

Thou didst cause men to ride upon our heads, And we have gone through fire and water: But thou hast brought us to a place of abundance.

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

I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings! I will pay thee my vows, —

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

The vows which my lips uttered. Which my mouth promised in my 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.

Burnt sacrifices of fatlings will I offer to thee with the fat of rams; Bullocks, with he-goats, will I sacrifice to thee. (Pause)

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 and hear, all ye who fear God, And I will relate what he hath done for me!

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

I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.

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

If I had meditated wickedness in my heart, The Lord would not have heard me:

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

But surely God hath heard me; He hath had regard to the voice of my supplication.

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

Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer, Nor withhold his mercy from me!