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 noise to God, all the earth;

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

Sing out the glory 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 to God, “How terrifying are your deeds! By the greatness of your power your enemies will submit 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 the works of God; he is fearsome in his deeds toward the sons of mankind.

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 forever by his might; his eyes observe the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. (Selah)

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

Give blessing to God, you people, let the sound of his praise be heard.

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

He keeps us among the living, and he does not permit our feet to slip.

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 tested us as silver is tested.

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

You brought us into a net; you laid a heavy 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 made people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us out into a spacious place.

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

I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows

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 sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. (Selah)

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

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and 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, and he was praised with my tongue.

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

If I had seen sin within my heart, the Lord would not have listened to me.

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

But God has truly heard; he has paid attention to 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 or his covenant faithfulness from me.