Psalms 66
Psalms 66
For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! Verse 2. Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise! Verse 3. Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you. Verse 4. All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah. Verse 5. Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men. Verse 6. He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him. Verse 7. He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. Verse 8. Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, Verse 9. who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved. Verse 10. For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. Verse 11. You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. Verse 12. You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. Verse 13. I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, Verse 14. which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress. Verse 15. I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah. Verse 16. Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul. Verse 17. I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue. Verse 18. If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened. Verse 19. But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer. Verse 20. Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.