Psalms 66

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

For the Leader. A Song, a Psalm. Shout unto God, all the earth;

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

Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.

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

Say unto God: 'How tremendous is Thy work! Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee.

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

All the earth shall worship Thee, and shall sing praises unto Thee; they shall sing praises to Thy name.' (Selah)

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

Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men.

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 sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot; there let us rejoice in Him!

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

Who ruleth by His might for ever; His eyes keep watch upon the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)

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

Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of His praise to be heard;

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

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffered not our foot to be moved,

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

For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.

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

Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.

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.

Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but Thou didst bring us out unto abundance.

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

I will come into Thy house with burnt-offerings, I will perform unto Thee my vows,

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

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.

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

I will offer unto Thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, with the sweet smoke of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. (Selah)

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

Come, and hearken, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul.

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

I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.

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

If I had regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear;

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

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

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

Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me.