Psalms 66

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

“For the leader of the music. A psalm.” Shout joyfully unto God. all ye lands!

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

Sing ye the honor 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 thy doings! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies are suppliants to thee!

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

Let all the earth worship thee; Let it sing praise to thee, let it sing praise to thy name! (Pause)

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

Come, behold the works of God! How terrible his doings among the sons 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 deep on foot; Then we rejoiced in him.

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

By his power he ruleth for ever; His eyes are fixed upon the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves! (Pause)

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

O bless our God, ye nations. 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.

It is he who preserveth our lives, And suffereth not our feet to stumble.

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

Thou hast, indeed, proved us, O God! Thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

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

Thou broughtest us into a snare, And didst lay a heavy burden upon our backs;

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 didst cause men to ride upon our heads, And we have gone through fire and water: But thou hast brought us to a place of abundance.

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

I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings! I will pay thee my vows, —

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

The vows which my lips uttered. Which my mouth promised in my trouble.

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

Burnt sacrifices of fatlings will I offer to thee with the fat of rams; Bullocks, with he-goats, will I sacrifice to thee. (Pause)

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

Come and hear, all ye who fear God, And I will relate what he hath done for me!

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

I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.

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

If I had meditated wickedness in my heart, The Lord would not have heard me:

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

But surely God hath heard me; He hath had regard to the voice of my supplication.

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

Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer, Nor withhold his mercy from me!