Psalms 66
1 To him that excelleth. A song or Psalme. Rejoice in God, all ye inhabitants of the earth.
For the music director. A song. A psalm. Everyone on earth, shout for joy to God!
2 Sing forth the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.
Sing about his marvelous reputation; praise him for his goodness!
3 Say vnto God, Howe terrible art thou in thy workes! through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies be in subiection vnto thee.
Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.
4 All the worlde shall worship thee, and sing vnto thee, euen sing of thy Name. (Selah)
Everyone on earth worships you, singing your praises—singing praises because of who you are.” (Selah)
5 Come and beholde the workes of God: he is terrible in his doing towarde the sonnes of men.
Come and see what God has done! What he does for people is truly awesome!
6 He hath turned the Sea into drie land: they passe through the riuer on foote: there did we reioyce in him.
He turned the Red Sea into dry land, and his people walked across through the waters. We celebrated there because of what he did.
7 He ruleth the worlde with his power: his eyes beholde the nations: the rebellious shall not exalt them selues. (Selah)
He rules forever through his power. He keeps an eye on the nations, watching to make sure no rebels rise up in opposition. (Selah)
8 Prayse our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his prayse to be heard.
Let all people everywhere bless our God, and loudly sing praises to him.
9 Which holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.
He has kept us alive, and he has not let us fall.
10 For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.
God, you have tested us, refining us like silver.
11 Thou hast brought vs into the snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.
You caught us in your net; you placed heavy burdens on our backs.
12 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.
You let people ride roughshod over us; we suffered through fire and flooding, but you brought us to a safe place.
13 I will go into thine House with burnt offrings, and will pay thee my vowes,
I will come to your Temple with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my promises to you,
14 Which my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hath spoken in mine affliction.
the promises I made when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. (Selah)
I will sacrifice burnt offerings to you of fattened livestock—the smoke of the sacrifice of rams, offerings of bulls and goats. (Selah)
16 Come and hearken, all ye that feare God, and I will tell you what he hath done to my soule.
Come and listen, everyone who honors God, and I will tell you all he has done for me.
17 I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.
I called out to him, and praised him with my voice.
18 If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.
If my thinking had been sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.
19 But God hath heard me, and considered the voyce of my prayer.
But God did hear me! He listened to what I had to say in my prayer!
20 Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.
Praise God, who did not disregard my prayer or take his trustworthy love from me.
