Psalms 66

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

“For the leader of the music. A psalm.” Shout joyfully unto God. all ye lands!

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

Sing ye the honor 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 terrible are thy doings! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies are suppliants to thee!

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

Let all the earth worship thee; Let it sing praise to thee, let it sing praise to thy name! (Pause)

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

Come, behold the works of God! How terrible his doings among the sons 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 deep on foot; Then we rejoiced in him.

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

By his power he ruleth for ever; His eyes are fixed upon the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves! (Pause)

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

O bless our God, ye nations. 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.

It is he who preserveth our lives, And suffereth not our feet to stumble.

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

Thou hast, indeed, proved us, O God! Thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

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

Thou broughtest us into a snare, And didst lay a heavy burden upon 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.

Thou didst cause men to ride upon our heads, And we have gone through fire and water: But thou hast brought us to a place of abundance.

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

I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings! I will pay thee my vows, —

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

The vows which my lips uttered. Which my mouth promised in my trouble.

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

Burnt sacrifices of fatlings will I offer to thee with the fat of rams; Bullocks, with he-goats, will I sacrifice to thee. (Pause)

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

Come and hear, all ye who fear God, And I will relate what he hath done for me!

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

I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.

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

If I had meditated wickedness in my heart, The Lord would not have heard me:

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

But surely God hath heard me; He hath had regard to the voice of my supplication.

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

Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer, Nor withhold his mercy from me!