Psalms 66

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

For the leader. A song. A psalm. Shout to God, all the earth,

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

sing praise to his glorious name, sing his glorious 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 dread are your works, so great is your might that your enemies cringe to you.

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

All the earth does homage to you, singing praises to you, singing praise to your name.” (Selah)

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

Come and see what God has done, awe-inspiring is he in his works among people.

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

He turns the sea into dry land, and people cross the river on foot. Let us therefore rejoice in him,

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

the mighty Ruler eternal, whose eyes keep watch on the nations, that no rebel lift up his head. (Selah)

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

O bless our God, you peoples; sound aloud his praise,

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

who keeps us in life, and keeps our feet from slipping.

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

For you, God, have tested us, have tried us, as silver is tried.

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

You did bring us into prison, and put chains upon us,

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 let people ride over our head. We went through fire and through water, but you led us out to a spacious place.

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

I will enter your house with burnt-offerings, I will pay to you my vows,

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

which my open lips have uttered, arid my mouth has declared in my straits.

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

I will offer you offerings of fatlings, with the odour of burning rams, I will sacrifice bullocks with goats. (Selah)

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

Come and hear my story all who fear God – of what he has done for me.

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

For my mouth had no sooner invoked him than his praise was under my tongue.

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

Had I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would never have listened.

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

But assuredly God has listened, and attended to my loud prayer.

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

Blessed be God, who turned not aside my prayer, nor withdrew his kindness from me.