Psalms 66

1 For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!

2 Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.

3 Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

4 All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah

5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.

6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

7 He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.

9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

11 You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—

14 the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.

15 I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah

16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.

17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.

18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!

1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

3 Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing [to] thy name. Selah.

5 Come and see the works of God: [he is] terrible [in his] doing toward the children of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry [land]: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

8 ¶ O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [place].

13 ¶ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

16 Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:

19 [But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed [be] God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

1 a psalm song to be sung. Rejoice to God, all the earth!

2 Sing ye praises unto his name: praise him gloriously.

3 Say unto God, How marvellous are thy works! Thine enemies shall fail before thy great power.

4 All the earth shall worship thee, and sing praise unto thee, and sing praise unto thy name. Sela.

5 Look, and behold the works of God, who is so wonderful in his works among the children of men.

6 He turneth the sea into dry land, that men may walk upon the face of the waters: we rejoice in him.

7 He reigneth with his power for ever: his eyes are upon the nations. The apostates shall not be able to exalt themselves. Sela.

8 Praise, ye nations, our God: let his praise be heard afar off,

9 Who keeps our souls in life, and does not let our feet slip.

10 For, O God, thou hast tried and refined us, as silver is refined.

11 Thou hast cast us into the tower; thou hast laid a burden upon our loins;

12 Thou hast caused men to pass over our heads: we are come in fire and in water: but thou hast brought us out, and hast refreshed us.

13 Therefore will I enter into thine house with burnt offerings, and pay thee my vows,

14 As I have opened my lips, and my mouth hath spoken in my trouble.

15 I will offer thee fat burnt offerings of burnt rams; I will offer oxen with rams. Selah.

16 Come, hear, all ye that fear God; and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.

17 To him I cried with my mouth, and praised him with my tongue.

18 If I have wrought iniquity in my heart, the LORD will not hear.

19 Therefore God heareth me, and hearkeneth unto my supplications.

20 Praise be to God, who does not reject my prayer nor turn away his kindness from me.