Psalm 66-68

New International Version

⁵ Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds^(H) for mankind!
⁶ He turned the sea into dry land,^(I)
    they passed through^(J) the waters on foot—
    come, let us rejoice^(K) in him.
⁷ He rules forever^(L) by his power,
    his eyes watch^(M) the nations—
    let not the rebellious^(N) rise up against him.

⁸ Praise^(O) our God, all peoples,
    let the sound of his praise be heard;
⁹ he has preserved our lives^(P)
    and kept our feet from slipping.^(Q)
10 For you, God, tested^(R) us;
    you refined us like silver.^(S)
11 You brought us into prison^(T)
    and laid burdens^(U) on our backs.
¹² You let people ride over our heads;^(V)
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.^(W)

¹³ I will come to your temple with burnt offerings^(X)
    and fulfill my vows^(Y) to you—
¹⁴ vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
¹⁵ I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.^(Z)

¹⁶ Come and hear,^(AA) all you who fear God;
    let me tell^(AB) you what he has done for me.
¹⁷ I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸ If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;^(AC)
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard^(AD) my prayer.
²⁰ Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected^(AE) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

³ May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.^(AI)
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,^(AJ)
    for you rule the peoples with equity^(AK)
    and guide the nations of the earth.^(AL)
5 May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.

⁶ The land yields its harvest;^(AM)
    God, our God, blesses us.^(AN)
7 May God bless us still,
    so that all the ends of the earth^(AO) will fear him.^(AP)

⁴ Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,^(AX)
    extol him who rides on the clouds^[e](AY);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.^(AZ)
5 A father to the fatherless,^(BA) a defender of widows,^(BB)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(BC)
6 God sets the lonely^(BD) in families,^[f](BE)
    he leads out the prisoners^(BF) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^(BG)

⁷ When you, God, went out^(BH) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,^[g](BI)
8 the earth shook,^(BJ) the heavens poured down rain,^(BK)
    before God, the One of Sinai,^(BL)
    before God, the God of Israel.^(BM)
9 You gave abundant showers,^(BN) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.
¹⁰ Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,^(BO) God, you provided^(BP) for the poor.

¹¹ The Lord announces the word,
    and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:^(BQ)
12 “Kings and armies flee^(BR) in haste;
    the women at home divide the plunder.^(BS)
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,^[h](BT)
    the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
    its feathers with shining gold.”
¹⁴ When the Almighty^[i] scattered^(BU) the kings in the land,
    it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.^(BV)

¹⁵ Mount Bashan,^(BW) majestic mountain,^(BX)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
¹⁶ why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses^(BY) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?^(BZ)
17 The chariots^(CA) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;^(CB)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.^[j]
18 When you ascended^(CC) on high,^(CD)
    you took many captives;^(CE)
    you received gifts from people,^(CF)
even from^[k] the rebellious^(CG)—
    that you,^[l] Lord God, might dwell there.

¹⁹ Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,^(CH)
    who daily bears our burdens.^(CI)
20 Our God is a God who saves;^(CJ)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^(CK)
21 Surely God will crush the heads^(CL) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²² The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,^(CM)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,^(CN)
    while the tongues of your dogs^(CO) have their share.”

²⁴ Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^(CP)
25 In front are the singers,^(CQ) after them the musicians;^(CR)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^(CS)
26 Praise God in the great congregation;^(CT)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.^(CU)
27 There is the little tribe^(CV) of Benjamin,^(CW) leading them,
    there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
    and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.^(CX)

²⁸ Summon your power,^(CY) God^[m];
    show us your strength,^(CZ) our God, as you have done^(DA) before.
²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings will bring you gifts.^(DB)
30 Rebuke the beast^(DC) among the reeds,^(DD)
    the herd of bulls^(DE) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
    Scatter the nations^(DF) who delight in war.^(DG)
31 Envoys will come from Egypt;^(DH)
    Cush^[n](DI) will submit herself to God.

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,^(DJ)
    sing praise^(DK) to the Lord,
³³ to him who rides^(DL) across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
    who thunders^(DM) with mighty voice.^(DN)
34 Proclaim the power^(DO) of God,
    whose majesty^(DP) is over Israel,
    whose power is in the heavens.
³⁵ You, God, are awesome^(DQ) in your sanctuary;^(DR)
    the God of Israel gives power and strength^(DS) to his people.^(DT)

Praise be to God!^(DU)