Psalms 66
1 For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
“For the leader of the music. A psalm.” Shout joyfully unto God. all ye lands!
2 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!
Sing ye the honor of his name; Make his praise glorious!
3 Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
Say unto God, How terrible are thy doings! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies are suppliants to thee!
4 All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” (Selah)
Let all the earth worship thee; Let it sing praise to thee, let it sing praise to thy name! (Pause)
5 Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
Come, behold the works of God! How terrible his doings among the sons of men!
6 He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the deep on foot; Then we rejoiced in him.
7 He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. (Selah)
By his power he ruleth for ever; His eyes are fixed upon the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves! (Pause)
8 Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
O bless our God, ye nations. And make the voice of his praise to be heard!
9 who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.
It is he who preserveth our lives, And suffereth not our feet to stumble.
10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
Thou hast, indeed, proved us, O God! Thou hast tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.
Thou broughtest us into a snare, And didst lay a heavy burden upon our backs;
12 You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
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.
13 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings! I will pay thee my vows, —
14 which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
The vows which my lips uttered. Which my mouth promised in my trouble.
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. (Selah)
Burnt sacrifices of fatlings will I offer to thee with the fat of rams; Bullocks, with he-goats, will I sacrifice to thee. (Pause)
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
Come and hear, all ye who fear God, And I will relate what he hath done for me!
17 I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.
18 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
If I had meditated wickedness in my heart, The Lord would not have heard me:
19 But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
But surely God hath heard me; He hath had regard to the voice of my supplication.
20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.
Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer, Nor withhold his mercy from me!
