Psalms 66

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

For the end, a Song of Psalm of resurrection. Shout to God, all the earth.

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

O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise.

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 awful are your works! through the greatness of your power your enemies shall lie to you.

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

Let all the earth worship you, and sing to you; let them sing to your name. (Pause)

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

Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond 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.

Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him,

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

who by his power is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke [him] be exalted in themselves. (Pause)

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

Bless our God, you Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

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

who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved.

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

For you, O God, has proved us; you have tried us with fire as silver is tried.

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

You brought us into the snare; you laid afflictions on our back.

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 did mount men upon our heads; we went through the fire and water; but you brought us out into [a place of] refreshment.

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

I will go into your house with whole burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows,

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

which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.

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

I will offer to you whole burnt sacrifices full of marrow, with incense and rams; I will sacrifice to you oxen with goats. (Pause)

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

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

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

I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.

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

If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord listen [to me].

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

Therefore God has listened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

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

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