Psalms 66

1 For the end, a Song of Psalm of resurrection. Shout unto God, all the earth.

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

2 O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise.

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

3 Say unto God, How awful are thy works! through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall lie to thee.

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

4 Let all the earth worship thee, and sing to thee; let them sing to thy name. (Pause)

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

5 Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond the children of men.

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

6 Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him,

He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

7 who by his power is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke [him] be exalted in themselves. (Pause)

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

8 Bless our God, ye Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

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

9 who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved.

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

10 For thou, O God, has proved us; thou hast tried us with fire as silver is tried.

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

11 Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest afflictions on our back.

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

12 Thou didst mount men upon our heads; we went through the fire and water; but thou broughtest us out into [a place of] refreshment.

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.

13 I will go into thine house with whole-burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,

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

14 which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.

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

15 I will offer to thee whole-burnt-sacrifices full of marrow, with incense and rams; I will sacrifice to thee oxen with goats. (Pause)

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

16 Come, hear, and I will tell, all ye that fear God, how great things he has done for my soul.

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

17 I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.

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

18 If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken [to me].

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

19 Therefore God has hearkened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

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

20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

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