Psalms 66

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

To the Overseer. — A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth.

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

Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise.

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 fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.

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

All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' (Selah)

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

Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men.

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

He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

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

Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. (Selah)

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

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

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

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

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

For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

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

Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.

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.

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

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

I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,

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

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

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

'Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' (Selah)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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