Psalm 66–67

Thanksgiving to God for His Works

66For the music director. A song. A psalm.^a

¹Shout joyfully to God, all the earth.

²Sing the glory of his name.

Set forth his glorious praise.^b

³Say to God, “How awesome are your works!

Because of the greatness of your strength,

your enemies will cringe before you.

⁴All the earth will bow in worship to you,

and sing praise to you.

They will sing the praise of your name.” Selah

⁵Come and consider^c the works of God;

he is awesome in his dealings^d with the children of humankind.

⁶He turned the sea into dry ground;

they passed through the river on foot.

There we rejoiced in him.

⁷He rules by his might forever;

his eyes keep watch on the nations.

Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.^e Selah

⁸Bless our God, O peoples,

and cause the sound of his praise to be heard,

⁹the one who has kept our soul among the living,

and has not allowed our foot to slip.

¹⁰For you have tested us, O God;

you have tried us as silver is tried.

¹¹You brought us into the net;

you placed a heavy burden^f on our backs.

¹²You 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

¹³I will come into your houseⁱ with burnt offerings.

I will pay to you my vows

¹⁴that my lips uttered,

and my mouth spoke in my distress.

¹⁵Burnt offerings of fat animals I will offer to you,

with the smoke of rams.

I will do^j cattle with rams. Selah

¹⁶Come and hear, all you God-fearers, and I will tell

what he has done for me.^k

¹⁷I called to him with my mouth,

and he was extolled with my tongue.^l

¹⁸If I had considered evil in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

¹⁹However, God has listened;

he has attended to the sound of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God,

who has not turned aside my prayer,

or his loyal love from me.

A Prayer of Blessing

67For the music director, with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.^a

¹May God be gracious to us and bless us.

May he cause his face to shine toward us, Selah

²that your way may be known on the earth,

your salvation among all nations.

³Let the peoples praise you, O God;

let all of the peoples praise you.

⁴Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

because you judge the peoples with equity

and guide the nations on the earth. Selah

⁵Let the peoples praise you, O God;

let all the peoples praise you.

⁶The earth has yielded its produce.

God, our God, will bless us.

⁷God will bless us,

and all the ends of the earth will fear him.