Psalms 66

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

For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

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

Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!

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

Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

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

All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” (Selah)

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

Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of 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, 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)

He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. (Selah)

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

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

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

who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

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

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

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

You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on 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.

You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

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

which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, 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 to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls 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 who fear God. 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 to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

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

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

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

But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard 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 loving kindness from me.