Psalms 66

1 For the music director. A song. A psalm. Everyone on earth, shout for joy to God!

TO THE OVERSEER. A SONG. A PSALM. Shout to God, all the earth.

2 Sing about his marvelous reputation; praise him for his goodness!

Praise the glory of His Name, Make honorable His praise.

3 Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.

Say to God, “How fearful Your works—By the abundance of Your strength, Your enemies feign obedience to You.

4 Everyone on earth worships you, singing your praises—singing praises because of who you are.” (Selah)

All the earth bows to You, They sing praise to You, they praise Your 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, Fearful acts toward the sons 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 has turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There 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)

Ruling by His might for all time, His eyes watch among the nations, The stubborn do not exalt themselves. (Selah)

8 Let all people everywhere bless our God, and loudly sing praises to him.

Bless our God you peoples, And sound the voice of His praise,

9 He has kept us alive, and he has not let us fall.

Who has placed our soul in life, And has not permitted our feet to be moved.

10 God, you have tested us, refining us like silver.

For You have tried us, O God, You have refined us as the refining of silver.

11 You caught us in your net; you placed heavy burdens on our backs.

You have brought us into a net, You have placed pressure on our loins.

12 You let people ride roughshod over us; we suffered through fire and flooding, but you brought us to a safe place.

You have caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And You bring us out to a watered place.

13 I will come to your Temple with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my promises to you,

I enter Your house with burnt-offerings, I complete my vows to You,

14 the promises I made when I was in trouble.

For my lips were opened, And my mouth spoke in my distress:

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 offer to You burnt-offerings of fatlings, With incense of rams, I prepare a bullock with male goats.” (Selah)

16 Come and listen, everyone who honors God, and I will tell you all he has done for me.

Come, hear, all you who fear God, And I recount what He did for my soul.

17 I called out to him, and praised him with my voice.

I have called to Him [with] my mouth, And exaltation [is] under my tongue.

18 If my thinking had been sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord does not hear.

19 But God did hear me! He listened to what I had to say in my prayer!

But God has heard, He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Praise God, who did not disregard my prayer or take his trustworthy love from me.

Blessed [is] God, Who has not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!