Psalms 66
1 For the music director. A song. A psalm. Everyone on earth, shout for joy to God!
To him that excelleth. A song or Psalme. Rejoice in God, all ye inhabitants of 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 vnto God, Howe terrible art thou in thy workes! through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies be in subiection vnto thee.
4 Everyone on earth worships you, singing your praises—singing praises because of who you are.” (Selah)
All the worlde shall worship thee, and sing vnto thee, euen sing of thy Name. (Selah)
5 Come and see what God has done! What he does for people is truly awesome!
Come and beholde the workes of God: he is terrible in his doing towarde the sonnes 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 hath turned the Sea into drie land: they passe through the riuer on foote: there did we reioyce 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 the worlde with his power: his eyes beholde the nations: the rebellious shall not exalt them selues. (Selah)
8 Let all people everywhere bless our God, and loudly sing praises to him.
Prayse our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his prayse to be heard.
9 He has kept us alive, and he has not let us fall.
Which holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.
10 God, you have tested us, refining us like silver.
For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.
11 You caught us in your net; you placed heavy burdens on our backs.
Thou hast brought vs into the snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.
12 You let people ride roughshod over us; we suffered through fire and flooding, but you brought us to a safe place.
Thou hast caused men to ryde ouer our heads: we went into fire and into water, but thou broughtest vs out into a welthie place.
13 I will come to your Temple with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my promises to you,
I will go into thine House with burnt offrings, and will pay thee my vowes,
14 the promises I made when I was in trouble.
Which my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hath spoken in mine affliction.
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 vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. (Selah)
16 Come and listen, everyone who honors God, and I will tell you all he has done for me.
Come and hearken, all ye that feare God, and I will tell you what he hath done to my soule.
17 I called out to him, and praised him with my voice.
I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.
18 If my thinking had been sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.
If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.
19 But God did hear me! He listened to what I had to say in my prayer!
But God hath heard me, and considered the voyce of my prayer.
20 Praise God, who did not disregard my prayer or take his trustworthy love from me.
Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.
