Psalms 66

¹Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

²Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

³Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

⁴Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)

⁵Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

⁶The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

⁷He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

⁸Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

⁹Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

¹⁰For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

¹¹You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

¹²You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

¹³I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

¹⁴Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)

¹⁶Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

¹⁸I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

¹⁹But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

¹Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

²Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!

³Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

⁴All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name." Selah.

⁵Come, and see God's deeds- awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

⁷He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

⁸Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

⁹who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow our feet to be moved.

¹⁰For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

¹¹You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹²You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

¹³I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

¹⁴which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

¹⁹But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

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