Psalms 66

¹Shout joyfully unto God. all ye lands!

²Sing ye the honor of his name; Make his praise glorious!

³Say unto God, How terrible are thy doings! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies are suppliants to thee!

⁴Let all the earth worship thee; Let it sing praise to thee, let it sing praise to thy name! [Pause.]

⁵Come, behold the works of God! How terrible his doings among the sons of men!

⁶He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the deep on foot; Then we rejoiced in him.

⁷By his power he ruleth for ever; His eyes are fixed upon the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves! [Pause.]

⁸O bless our God, ye nations. And make the voice of his praise to be heard!

⁹It is he who preserveth our lives, And suffereth not our feet to stumble.

¹⁰Thou hast, indeed, proved us, O God! Thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

¹¹Thou broughtest us into a snare, And didst lay a heavy burden upon our backs;

¹²Thou didst cause men to ride upon our heads, And we have gone through fire and water: But thou hast brought us to a place of abundance.

¹³I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings! I will pay thee my vows,—

¹⁴The vows which my lips uttered. Which my mouth promised in my trouble.

¹⁵Burnt sacrifices of fatlings will I offer to thee with the fat of rams; Bullocks, with he-goats, will I sacrifice to thee. [Pause.]

¹⁶Come and hear, all ye who fear God, And I will relate what he hath done for me!

¹⁷I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.

¹⁸If I had meditated wickedness in my heart, The Lord would not have heard me:

¹⁹But surely God hath heard me; He hath had regard to the voice of my supplication.

²⁰Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer, Nor withhold his mercy from me!

¹Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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