Psalms 66

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond 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.

Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we 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 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Therefore God has listened to me; he has 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 has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.