Psalms 66

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A SONG. A PSALM. Shout to God, all the earth.

For the music director. A song. A psalm. Everyone on earth, shout for joy to God!

2 Praise the glory of His Name, Make honorable His praise.

Sing about his marvelous reputation; praise him for his goodness!

3 Say to God, “How fearful Your works—By the abundance of Your strength, Your enemies feign obedience to You.

Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.

4 All the earth bows to You, They sing praise to You, they praise Your Name.” (Selah)

Everyone on earth worships you, singing your praises—singing praises because of who you are.” (Selah)

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

Come and see what God has done! What he does for people is truly awesome!

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

He turned the Red Sea into dry land, and his people walked across through the waters. We celebrated there because of what he did.

7 Ruling by His might for all time, His eyes watch among the nations, The stubborn do not exalt themselves. (Selah)

He rules forever through his power. He keeps an eye on the nations, watching to make sure no rebels rise up in opposition. (Selah)

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

Let all people everywhere bless our God, and loudly sing praises to him.

9 Who has placed our soul in life, And has not permitted our feet to be moved.

He has kept us alive, and he has not let us fall.

10 For You have tried us, O God, You have refined us as the refining of silver.

God, you have tested us, refining us like silver.

11 You have brought us into a net, You have placed pressure on our loins.

You caught us in your net; you placed heavy burdens on our backs.

12 You have caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And You bring us out to a watered place.

You let people ride roughshod over us; we suffered through fire and flooding, but you brought us to a safe place.

13 I enter Your house with burnt-offerings, I complete my vows to You,

I will come to your Temple with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my promises to you,

14 For my lips were opened, And my mouth spoke in my distress:

the promises I made when I was in trouble.

15 “I offer to You burnt-offerings of fatlings, With incense of rams, I prepare a bullock with male goats.” (Selah)

I will sacrifice burnt offerings to you of fattened livestock—the smoke of the sacrifice of rams, offerings of bulls and goats. (Selah)

16 Come, hear, all you who fear God, And I recount what He did for my soul.

Come and listen, everyone who honors God, and I will tell you all he has done for me.

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

I called out to him, and praised him with my voice.

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

If my thinking had been sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.

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

But God did hear me! He listened to what I had to say in my prayer!

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

Praise God, who did not disregard my prayer or take his trustworthy love from me.