Psalms 66

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

“To the chief musician, a song or psalm.” Shout joyfully unto God, all ye lands:

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

Sing forth the glory of his name; make glorious his praise.

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

Say unto God, How fear-inspiring is every one of thy works! through the greatness of thy strength will thy enemies yield feigned obedience unto thee.

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

All the lands shall bow themselves down unto 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 deeds of God: fear-inspiring is 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 changed the sea into dry land: through the river they went on foot: there did 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)

He ruleth by his might for ever; his eyes look upon the nations: the rebellious—these shall not be exalted. (Selah)

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

Bless, O ye people, our God, and cause 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 appointed our soul to life, and hath not suffered our foot to slip.

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

For thou hast proved us, O God: thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.

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

Thou hast brought us into the net; thou hast placed fetters 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 on our head: we entered into fire and into water; but thou broughtest us out to [the enjoyment] of overflowing plenty. a

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

I will enter thy house with burnt-offerings: I will pay 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)

Burnt-offerings of fatlings will I offer up unto thee, with the incense of rams; I will prepare steers with he-goats. (Selah)

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

Come, hear, and I will relate, all ye that fear God, what he hath done for my soul.

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

Unto him I cried with my mouth, and a song of extolling was on my tongue.

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

If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard;

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

But verily God hath heard; he hath listened 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 removed my prayer [from him], nor his kindness from me.