Psalm 66

Lexham English Bible

66 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth.
² Sing the glory of his name.
Set forth his glorious praise.^[b]
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your works!
Because of the greatness of your strength,
your enemies will cringe before you.
⁴ All the earth will bow in worship to you,
and sing praise to you.
They will sing the praise of your name.” Selah
⁵ Come and consider^[c] the works of God;
he is awesome in his dealings^[d] with the children of humankind.
⁶ He turned the sea into dry ground;
they passed through the river on foot.
There we rejoiced in him.
⁷ He rules by his might forever;
his eyes keep watch on the nations.
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.^[e] Selah
⁸ Bless our God, O peoples,
and cause the sound of his praise to be heard,
⁹ the one who has kept our soul among the living,
and has not allowed our foot to slip.
¹⁰ For you have tested us, O God;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
¹¹ You brought us into the net;
you placed a heavy burden^[f] on our backs.
¹² You let men^[g] ride over our heads.
We went through fire and through water,
but you have brought us out to the place of abundance.^[h]
13 I will come into your house^[i] with burnt offerings.
I will pay to you my vows
¹⁴ that my lips uttered,
and my mouth spoke in my distress.
¹⁵ Burnt offerings of fat animals I will offer to you,
with the smoke of rams.
I will do^[j] cattle with rams. Selah
¹⁶ Come and hear, all you God-fearers, and I will tell
what he has done for me.^[k]
17 I called to him with my mouth,
and he was extolled with my tongue.^[l]
18 If I had considered evil in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹ However, God has listened;
he has attended to the sound of my prayer.
²⁰ Blessed be God,
who has not turned aside my prayer,
or his loyal love from me.