Psalms 66

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

To him that excelleth. A song or Psalme. Rejoice in God, all ye inhabitants of the earth.

2 Sing ye the honor of his name; Make his praise glorious!

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

3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy doings! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies are suppliants to thee!

Say vnto God, Howe terrible art thou in thy workes! through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies be in subiection vnto thee.

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

All the worlde shall worship thee, and sing vnto thee, euen sing of thy Name. (Selah)

5 Come, behold the works of God! How terrible his doings among the sons of men!

Come and beholde the workes of God: he is terrible in his doing towarde the sonnes of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the deep on foot; Then we rejoiced in him.

He hath turned the Sea into drie land: they passe through the riuer on foote: there did we reioyce in him.

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

He ruleth the worlde with his power: his eyes beholde the nations: the rebellious shall not exalt them selues. (Selah)

8 O bless our God, ye nations. And make the voice of his praise to be heard!

Prayse our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his prayse to be heard.

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

Which holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.

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

For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.

11 Thou broughtest us into a snare, And didst lay a heavy burden upon our backs;

Thou hast brought vs into the snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.

12 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.

Thou hast caused men to ryde ouer our heads: we went into fire and into water, but thou broughtest vs out into a welthie place.

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

I will go into thine House with burnt offrings, and will pay thee my vowes,

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

Which my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hath spoken in mine affliction.

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

I will offer vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. (Selah)

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

Come and hearken, all ye that feare God, and I will tell you what he hath done to my soule.

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

I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.

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

If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.

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

But God hath heard me, and considered the voyce of my prayer.

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

Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.