Psalms 66

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

[Tell] everyone on the earth that they should sing joyfully to praise God!

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

They should sing songs that say that God [MTY] is very great, and they should tell everyone that he is very glorious!

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

They should say to God, “The things that you do are awesome! You are very powerful, with the result that your enemies (cringe/bow down) in front of you.”

4 Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.

Everyone on the earth [should] worship God and sing to praise him and honor him [MTY].

5 Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.

Come and think about what God has done! Think about the awesome things that he has done.

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

He caused the [Red] Sea to become dry land, [with the result that our] ancestors were able to walk right through it. There we rejoiced because of what he [had done].

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

By his great power he rules forever, and he keeps watching all the nations [to see what things they do], [so] those nations that want to rebel [against him] should not be proud.

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

You people [of all nations], praise our God! Praise him loudly in order that people will hear you as you praise him.

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

He has kept us alive, and he has not allowed us to (stumble/be defeated).

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

God, you have tested us; you have allowed us to experience great difficulties [to make our lives become pure] as [people] put precious metals in a hot fire [to burn out what is impure] [MET].

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

[It is as if] you allowed us to fall into traps [MET], and you [forced us to endure difficult things which were like] putting heavy loads on our backs [MET].

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

You allowed [our] enemies to trample on us; we [experienced difficulties/troubles that were like] [MET] walking through fires and floods, but now you have brought us into a place where we have plenty.

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

[Yahweh], I will bring to your temple offerings that are to be completely burned [on the altar]; I will offer to you what I promised.

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

When I was experiencing [much] trouble, I said that I would bring offerings to you [if you rescued me]; [and you did rescue me, so] I will bring to you what I promised.

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

I will bring sheep to be burned on the altar, and I will [also] sacrifice bulls and goats, and when they are burning, [you will be pleased when] the smoke [rises up] ([to you/to the sky]).

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

All you [people] who revere God, come and listen, and I will tell you what he has done for me.

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

I called out to him to help me, and I praised him while I was speaking to him [MTY].

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

If I had ignored the sins that I had committed, the Lord would not have paid any attention to me.

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

But because [I confessed my sins], God has listened to me and he paid attention to my prayers.

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

I praise God because he has not ignored my prayers or stopped faithfully loving me.