< Psalms 66 >

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A SONG. A PSALM. Shout to God, all the earth.
To the Chief Musician. A Melodious Song. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth;
2 Praise the glory of His Name, Make honorable His praise.
Praise ye in song the glory of his Name, Celebrate the glory of 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 fearful in thy doings, Through the abounding of thy power, shall thy foes come cringing unto thee;
4 All the earth bows to You, They sing praise to You, they praise Your Name.” (Selah)
All the earth, shall bow themselves down to thee, And sing praises unto thee, Shall praise in song thy Name. (Selah)
5 Come, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men.
Come and see the doings of God, —Fearful in deed toward 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, Through the stream, crossed they over 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)
Who ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. (Selah)
8 Bless our God you peoples, And sound the voice of His praise,
Bless our God, O ye peoples, And cause to be heard, the sound of his praise; —
9 Who has placed our soul in life, And has not permitted our feet to be moved.
Who hath set our soul among the living, 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 didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
11 You have brought us into a net, You have placed pressure on our loins.
Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load 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 didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom.
13 I enter Your house with burnt-offerings, I complete my vows to You,
I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,
14 For my lips were opened, And my mouth spoke in my distress:
Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, in my distress.
15 “I offer to You burnt-offerings of fatlings, With incense of rams, I prepare a bullock with male goats.” (Selah)
Ascending-sacrifices of fatlings, will I cause to ascend unto thee, With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls, with he-goats. (Selah)
16 Come, hear, all you who fear God, And I recount what He did for my soul.
Come! hearken—that I may recount, all ye reverers of 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—with my mouth, did I cry, And high praise was under my tongue.
18 Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord does not hear.
If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!
19 But God has heard, He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
But in truth, 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 own lovingkindness from me.

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