Psalms 66

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

To the Chief Musician. A Melodious Song. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth;

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

Praise ye in song the glory of his Name, Celebrate the glory of his praise:

3 Say to God, How awful are your works! through the greatness of your power your enemies shall lie to you.

Say unto God—How fearful in thy doings, Through the abounding of thy power, shall thy foes come cringing unto thee;

4 Let all the earth worship you, and sing to you; let them sing to your name. (Pause)

All the earth, shall bow themselves down to thee, And sing praises unto thee, Shall praise in song thy 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 doings of God, —Fearful in deed toward the sons of men:

6 Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him,

He turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream, crossed they over on foot, There did we rejoice 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)

Who ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. (Selah)

8 Bless our God, you Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Bless our God, O ye peoples, And cause to be heard, the sound of his praise; —

9 who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved.

Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip.

10 For you, O God, has proved us; you have tried us with fire as silver is tried.

For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:

11 You brought us into the snare; you laid afflictions on our back.

Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load upon our loins;

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.

Thou didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom.

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

I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,

14 which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.

Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, in my distress.

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)

Ascending-sacrifices of fatlings, will I cause to ascend unto thee, With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls, with he-goats. (Selah)

16 Come, hear, and I will tell, all you that fear God, how great things he has done for my soul.

Come! hearken—that I may recount, all ye reverers of God, What he hath done for my soul: —

17 I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.

Unto him—with my mouth, did I cry, And high praise was under my tongue.

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

If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!

19 Therefore God has listened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

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

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

Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his own lovingkindness from me.