Psalms 66

1 To the Overseer. — A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth.

To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm. Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

2 Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise.

Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

3 Say to God, 'How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.

Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

4 All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' (Selah)

Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah)

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

Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

6 He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

7 Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. (Selah)

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah)

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

Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

9 Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

10 For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

11 Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.

You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

12 Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

13 I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,

I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

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

Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

15 'Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' (Selah)

I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah)

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

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

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

My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

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

I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

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

But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

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

Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.