Psalm 66

Common English Bible

Psalm 66

For the music leader. A song. A psalm.

66 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!
²    Sing praises to the glory of God’s name!
        Make glorious his praise!
³Say to God:
“How awesome are your works!
    Because of your great strength,
        your enemies cringe before you.
⁴All the earth worships you,
    sings praises to you,
        sings praises to your name!” Selah

⁵Come and see God’s deeds;
    his works for human beings are awesome:
⁶He turned the sea into dry land
    so they could cross the river on foot.
        Right there we rejoiced in him!
⁷God rules with power forever;
    keeps a good eye on the nations.
        So don’t let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸All you nations, bless our God!
Let the sound of his praise be heard!
⁹God preserved us among the living;
he didn’t let our feet slip a bit.

¹⁰But you, God, have tested us—
    you’ve refined us like silver,
¹¹    trapped us in a net,
    laid burdens on our backs,
¹²    let other people run right over our heads—
    we’ve been through fire and water.

But you brought us out to freedom!
¹³    So I’ll enter your house
        with entirely burned offerings.
    I’ll keep the promises I made to you,
¹⁴        the ones my lips uttered,
        the ones my mouth spoke when I was in deep trouble.
¹⁵I will offer the best burned offerings to you
    along with the smoke of sacrificed rams.
    I will offer both bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶Come close and listen,
    all you who honor God;
    I will tell you what God has done for me:
¹⁷My mouth cried out to him
    with praise on my tongue.
¹⁸If I had cherished evil in my heart,
    my Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹But God definitely listened.
    He heard the sound of my prayer.
²⁰Bless God! He didn’t reject my prayer;
    he didn’t withhold his faithful love from me.