Psalms 66

1 Make a joyful noise to God, all you lands:

To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm. Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

2 Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious.

Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

3 Say to God, How terrible are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.

Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

4 All the earth shall worship you, and shall sing to you; they shall sing to your name. (Selah)

Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah)

5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

7 He rules by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah)

8 O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

9 Which holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved.

Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

11 You brought us into the net; you laid affliction on our loins.

You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

12 You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but you brought us out into a wealthy place.

You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

13 I will go into your house with burnt offerings: I will pay you my vows,

I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble.

Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer to you burnt sacrifices of fatted calves, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. (Selah)

I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah)

16 Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

17 I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God, which has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.