Psalms 66

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

Make a joyful noise unto God, all you lands:

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

Sing forth the honour 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 terrible are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves unto you.

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

All the earth shall worship you, and shall sing unto you; they shall sing 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 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 flood on foot: there did 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)

He rules by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)

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

O bless our God, all of you people, 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.

Which holds our soul in life, and suffers not our 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, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.

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

You brought us into the net; you laid affliction 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.

You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but you brought us out into a wealthy place.

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

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

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

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, 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 offer unto you burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense 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 hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he has 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 regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

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

But verily God has heard 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, which has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.