Psalms 66
1 To him that excelleth. A song or Psalme. Rejoice in God, all ye inhabitants of the earth.
For the leader. A song. A psalm. Shout to God, all the earth,
2 Sing forth the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.
sing praise to his glorious name, sing his glorious praise.
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.
Say to God, ‘How dread are your works, so great is your might that your enemies cringe to you.
4 All the worlde shall worship thee, and sing vnto thee, euen sing of thy Name. (Selah)
All the earth does homage to you, singing praises to you, singing praise to your name.’ (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, awe-inspiring is he in his works among people.
6 He hath turned the Sea into drie land: they passe through the riuer on foote: there did we reioyce in him.
He turns the sea into dry land, and people cross the river on foot. Let us therefore rejoice in him,
7 He ruleth the worlde with his power: his eyes beholde the nations: the rebellious shall not exalt them selues. (Selah)
the mighty Ruler eternal, whose eyes keep watch on the nations, that no rebel lift up his head. (Selah)
8 Prayse our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his prayse to be heard.
O bless our God, you peoples; sound aloud his praise,
9 Which holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.
who keeps us in life, and keeps our feet from slipping.
10 For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.
For you, God, have tested us, have tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou hast brought vs into the snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.
You did bring us into prison, and put chains upon us,
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 did let people ride over our head. We went through fire and through water, but you led us out to a spacious place.
13 I will go into thine House with burnt offrings, and will pay thee my vowes,
I will enter your house with burnt-offerings, I will pay to you my vows,
14 Which my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hath spoken in mine affliction.
which my open lips have uttered, arid my mouth has declared in my straits.
15 I will offer vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. (Selah)
I will offer you offerings of fatlings, with the odour of burning rams, I will sacrifice bullocks with 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 hear my story all who fear God – of what he has done for me.
17 I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.
For my mouth had no sooner invoked him than his praise was under my tongue.
18 If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.
Had I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would never have listened.
19 But God hath heard me, and considered the voyce of my prayer.
But assuredly God has listened, and attended to my loud prayer.
20 Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.
Blessed be God, who turned not aside my prayer, nor withdrew his kindness from me.
