Psalms 66

1 Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection. Shout with joy to God, all the earth,

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

2 Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise.

Praise ye in song the glory of his Name, Celebrate the glory of his praise:

3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

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

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; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.

Come and see the doings of God, —Fearful in deed toward the sons of men:

6 Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him.

He turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream, crossed they over on foot, There did we rejoice in him:

7 Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him he exalted in themselves.

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 O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

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

9 Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

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

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

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

11 Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back:

Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load upon our loins;

12 Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through tire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

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

I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,

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

Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, in my distress.

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

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 and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.

Come! hearken—that I may recount, all ye reverers of God, What he hath done for my soul: —

17 I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.

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

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

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

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

But in truth, God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

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

Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his own lovingkindness from me.