Psalm 66-68

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^5 (F)Come and see what God has done:
    ^(G)he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
⁶ He ^(H)turned the sea into dry land;
    they ^(I)passed through the river on foot.
There did we rejoice in him,
⁷     who rules by his might forever,
whose ^(J)eyes keep watch on the nations—
    let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸ Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
⁹ who has kept our soul among the living
    and ^(K)has not let our feet slip.
¹⁰ For you, O God, have ^(L)tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
¹¹ You brought us into ^(M)the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
¹² you let men ^(N)ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through ^(O)water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

¹³ I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
    I will ^(P)perform my vows to you,
¹⁴ that which my lips uttered
    and my mouth promised ^(Q)when I was in trouble.
¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
    with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

^16 (R)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
    and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth,
    and high praise was on^[a] my tongue.^[b]
18 If I had ^(S)cherished iniquity in my heart,
    ^(T)the Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹ But truly ^(U)God has listened;
    he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God,
    because he has not rejected my prayer
    or removed his steadfast love from me!

⁴ Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
    for you ^(AB)judge the peoples with equity
    and guide the nations upon earth. Selah
^5 (AC)Let the peoples praise you, O God;
    let all the peoples praise you!

⁶ The earth has ^(AD)yielded its increase;
    God, our God, shall bless us.
⁷ God shall bless us;
    let ^(AE)all the ends of the earth fear him!

⁴ Sing to God, ^(AK)sing praises to his name;
    ^(AL)lift up a song to him who ^(AM)rides through ^(AN)the deserts;
his name is ^(AO)the Lord;
    exult before him!
^5 (AP)Father of the fatherless and ^(AQ)protector of widows
    is God in his holy habitation.
⁶ God ^(AR)settles the solitary in a home;
    he ^(AS)leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
    but ^(AT)the rebellious dwell in ^(AU)a parched land.

⁷ O God, when you ^(AV)went out before your people,
    ^(AW)when you marched through ^(AX)the wilderness, Selah
^8 (AY)the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God,^[c] the God of Israel.
^9 (AZ)Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
    you restored your inheritance as it languished;
¹⁰ your flock^[d] found a dwelling in it;
    in your goodness, O God, you ^(BA)provided for the needy.

¹¹ The Lord gives ^(BB)the word;
    ^(BC)the women who announce the news are a great host:
^{12     (BD)}“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”
The women at home ^(BE)divide the spoil—
¹³     though you men lie among ^(BF)the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
    its pinions with shimmering gold.
¹⁴ When the Almighty scatters kings there,
    let snow fall on ^(BG)Zalmon.

¹⁵ O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
    O many-peaked^[e] mountain, mountain of Bashan!
¹⁶ Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
    at the mount that God ^(BH)desired for his abode,
    yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
^17 (BI)The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
    thousands upon thousands;
    the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
^18 (BJ)You ascended on high,
    ^(BK)leading a host of captives in your train
    and ^(BL)receiving gifts among men,
even among ^(BM)the rebellious, ^(BN)that the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord,
    who daily ^(BO)bears us up;
    God is our salvation. Selah
²⁰ Our God is a God of salvation,
    ^(BP)and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
^21 (BQ)But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
    the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
²² The Lord said,
    “I will bring them back ^(BR)from Bashan,
^(BS)I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
²³ that you may ^(BT)strike your feet in their blood,
    that ^(BU)the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

²⁴ Your procession is^[f] seen, O God,
    the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
^25 (BV)the singers in front, ^(BW)the musicians last,
    between them ^(BX)virgins playing tambourines:
^26 (BY)“Bless God in the great congregation,
    the Lord, O you^[g] who are of ^(BZ)Israel's fountain!”
²⁷ There is ^(CA)Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
    the princes of Judah in their throng,
    the princes of ^(CB)Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

^28 (CC)Summon your power, O God,^[h]
    the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings shall ^(CD)bear gifts to you.
³⁰ Rebuke ^(CE)the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
    the herd of ^(CF)bulls with the calves of the peoples.
^(CG)Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
    scatter the peoples who delight in war.^[i]
31 Nobles shall come from ^(CH)Egypt;
    ^(CI)Cush shall hasten to ^(CJ)stretch out her hands to God.

^32 (CK)O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
    sing praises to the Lord, Selah
³³ to him ^(CL)who rides in ^(CM)the heavens, the ancient heavens;
    behold, he ^(CN)sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
^34 (CO)Ascribe power to God,
    whose majesty is over Israel,
    and whose ^(CP)power is in ^(CQ)the skies.
^35 (CR)Awesome is God from his^{[j] (CS)}sanctuary;
    the God of Israel—he is the one who gives ^(CT)power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!