< Psalms 66 >
1 To the Overseer. — A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth.
For the Leader. A Song, a Psalm. Shout unto God, all the earth;
2 Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise.
Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God, 'How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.
Say unto God: 'How tremendous is Thy work! Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee.
4 All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' (Selah)
All the earth shall worship Thee, and shall sing praises unto Thee; they shall sing praises to Thy 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 terrible in His doing toward 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.
He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot; there let us 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 ruleth by His might for ever; His eyes keep watch upon the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)
8 Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise,
Bless our God, ye peoples, 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 hath set our soul in life, and suffered not our foot to be moved,
10 For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.
For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
11 Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.
Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.
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.
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but Thou didst bring us out unto abundance.
13 I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,
I will come into Thy house with burnt-offerings, I will perform unto Thee my vows,
14 For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.
15 'Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' (Selah)
I will offer unto Thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, with the sweet smoke of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. (Selah)
16 Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.
Come, and hearken, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul.
17 Unto Him [with] my mouth I have called, And exaltation [is] under my tongue.
I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.
18 Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
If I had regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear;
19 But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
But verily God hath heard; He hath 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 hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me.