Psalms 66
1 For the music director. A song. A psalm. Everyone on earth, shout for joy to God!
To the chief Musician. A Song: a Psalm. Shout aloud unto God, all the earth:
2 Sing about his marvelous reputation; praise him for his goodness!
Sing forth the glory of his name, make his praise glorious;
3 Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.
4 Everyone on earth worships you, singing your praises—singing praises because of who you are.” (Selah)
All the earth shall worship thee, and sing psalms unto thee: they shall sing forth thy name. (Selah)
5 Come and see what God has done! What he does for people is truly awesome!
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in [his] doings toward the children of men.
6 He turned the Red Sea into dry land, and his people walked across through the waters. We celebrated there because of what he did.
He turned the sea into dry [land]; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7 He rules forever through his power. He keeps an eye on the nations, watching to make sure no rebels rise up in opposition. (Selah)
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)
8 Let all people everywhere bless our God, and loudly sing praises to him.
Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;
9 He has kept us alive, and he has not let us fall.
Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 God, you have tested us, refining us like silver.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 You caught us in your net; you placed heavy burdens on our backs.
Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;
12 You let people ride roughshod over us; we suffered through fire and flooding, but you brought us to a safe place.
Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.
13 I will come to your Temple with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my promises to you,
I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,
14 the promises I made when I was in trouble.
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I will sacrifice burnt offerings to you of fattened livestock—the smoke of the sacrifice of rams, offerings of bulls and goats. (Selah)
I will offer up unto thee burnt-offerings of fatted beasts, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. (Selah)
16 Come and listen, everyone who honors God, and I will tell you all he has done for me.
Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
17 I called out to him, and praised him with my voice.
I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If my thinking had been sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.
Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
19 But God did hear me! He listened to what I had to say in my prayer!
But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Praise God, who did not disregard my prayer or take his trustworthy love from me.
Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me!
