Psalms 66

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

For the music director. A song. A psalm. Everyone on earth, shout for joy to God!

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

Sing about his marvelous reputation; praise him for his goodness!

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

Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.

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

Everyone on earth worships you, singing your praises—singing praises because of who you are.” (Selah)

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

Come and see what God has done! What he does for people is truly awesome!

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 Red Sea into dry land, and his people walked across through the waters. We celebrated there because of what he did.

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

He rules forever through his power. He keeps an eye on the nations, watching to make sure no rebels rise up in opposition. (Selah)

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

Let all people everywhere bless our God, and loudly sing praises to him.

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

He has kept us alive, and he has not let us fall.

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

God, you have tested us, refining us like silver.

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

You caught us in your net; you placed heavy burdens 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 let people ride roughshod over us; we suffered through fire and flooding, but you brought us to a safe place.

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

I will come to your Temple with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my promises to you,

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

the promises I made 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 sacrifice burnt offerings to you of fattened livestock—the smoke of the sacrifice of rams, offerings of bulls and goats. (Selah)

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

Come and listen, everyone who honors God, and I will tell you all he has done for me.

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

I called out to him, and praised him with my voice.

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

If my thinking had been sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.

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

But God did hear me! He listened to what I had to say in my prayer!

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

Praise God, who did not disregard my prayer or take his trustworthy love from me.