Psalms 66

1 For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

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

2 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!

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

3 Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

Say to God, “How fearful Your works—By the abundance of Your strength, Your enemies feign obedience to You.

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

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

5 Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

Come, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward 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 has turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There we rejoice in Him.

7 He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. (Selah)

Ruling by His might for all time, His eyes watch among the nations, The stubborn do not exalt themselves. (Selah)

8 Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

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

9 who preserves our life amongst the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

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

10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

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

11 You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

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

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.

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.

13 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

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

14 which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

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

15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. (Selah)

“I offer to You burnt-offerings of fatlings, With incense of rams, I prepare a bullock with male goats.” (Selah)

16 Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

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

17 I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

I have called to Him [with] my mouth, And exaltation [is] under my tongue.

18 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

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

19 But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

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

20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

Blessed [is] God, Who has not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!