Psalms 66

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

For the chief musician. A song, a psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;

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

Sing out the glory 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 to God, “How terrifying are your deeds! By the greatness of your power your enemies will submit to you.

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

All the earth will worship you and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” (Selah)

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

Come and see the works of God; he is fearsome in his deeds toward the sons of mankind.

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 river on foot; there 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)

He rules forever by his might; his eyes observe the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)

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

Give blessing to God, you people, let the sound of his praise be heard.

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

He keeps us among the living, and he does not permit our feet to slip.

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

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

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

You brought us into a net; you laid a heavy burden on 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.

You made people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us out into a spacious place.

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

I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows

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

which my lips promised and my mouth spoke 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)

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals with the sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. (Selah)

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

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what 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 he was praised with my tongue.

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

If I had seen sin within my heart, the Lord would not have listened to me.

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

But God has truly heard; he has paid attention 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 or his covenant faithfulness from me.