Psalms 66

1 For the end, a Song of Psalm of resurrection. Shout to God, all the earth.

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

2 O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise.

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

3 Say to God, How awful are your works! through the greatness of your power your enemies shall lie 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 Let all the earth worship you, and sing to you; let them sing to your name. (Pause)

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

5 Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond 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 Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall 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 who by his power is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke [him] be exalted in themselves. (Pause)

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

8 Bless our God, you Gentiles, 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 who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved.

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

10 For you, O God, has proved us; you have tried us with fire 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 snare; you laid afflictions on our back.

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

12 You did mount men upon our heads; we went through the fire and water; but you brought us out into [a place of] refreshment.

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 whole 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 framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.

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

15 I will offer to you whole burnt sacrifices full of marrow, with incense and rams; I will sacrifice to you oxen with goats. (Pause)

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, hear, and I will tell, all you that fear God, how great things 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 exalted him with my tongue.

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

18 If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord listen [to me].

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

19 Therefore God has listened to 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, who 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.