Psalms 66

1 To the Chief Musician. A Melodious Song. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth;

Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection. Shout with joy to God, all the earth,

2 Praise ye in song the glory of his Name, Celebrate the glory of his praise:

Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise.

3 Say unto God—How fearful in thy doings, Through the abounding of thy power, shall thy foes come cringing unto thee;

Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

4 All the earth, shall bow themselves down to thee, And sing praises unto thee, Shall praise in song thy Name. (Selah)

Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.

5 Come and see the doings of God, —Fearful in deed toward the sons of men:

Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream, crossed they over on foot, There did we rejoice in him:

Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him.

7 Who ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. (Selah)

Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him he exalted in themselves.

8 Bless our God, O ye peoples, And cause to be heard, the sound of his praise; —

O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

9 Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip.

Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

10 For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

11 Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load upon our loins;

Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back:

12 Thou didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom.

Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through tire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

13 I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, in my distress.

Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

15 Ascending-sacrifices of fatlings, will I cause to ascend unto thee, With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls, with he-goats. (Selah)

I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.

16 Come! hearken—that I may recount, all ye reverers of God, What he hath done for my soul: —

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.

17 Unto him—with my mouth, did I cry, And high praise was under my tongue.

I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.

18 If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!

If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

19 But in truth, God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.

20 Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his own lovingkindness from me.

Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.