Psalm 66

PSALM 66

Praise for God’s Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer.

For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm.

^1aShout joyfully to God, all the earth;

²Sing the ^aglory of His name;

Make His ^bpraise glorious.

³Say to God, “How ^aawesome are Your works!

Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will ^1bgive feigned obedience to You.

⁴“^aAll the earth will worship You,

And will ^bsing praises to You;

They will sing praises to Your name.”

¹Selah.

^5aCome and see the works of God,

Who is ^bawesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.

⁶He ^aturned the sea into dry land;

They passed through ^bthe river on foot;

There let us ^crejoice in Him!

⁷He ^arules by His might forever;

His ^beyes keep watch on the nations;

Let not the rebellious ^cexalt themselves.

Selah.

⁸Bless our God, O peoples,

And ^1asound His praise abroad,

⁹Who ^1akeeps us in life

And ^bdoes not allow our feet to ²slip.

¹⁰For You have ^atried us, O God;

You have ^brefined us as silver is refined.

¹¹You ^abrought us into the net;

You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

¹²You made men ^aride over our heads;

We went through ^bfire and through water,

Yet You ^cbrought us out into a place of abundance.

¹³I shall ^acome into Your house with burnt offerings;

I shall ^bpay You my vows,

¹⁴Which my lips uttered

And my mouth spoke when I was ^ain distress.

¹⁵I shall ^aoffer to You burnt offerings of fat beasts,

With the smoke of ^brams;

I shall make an offering of ¹bulls with male goats.

Selah.

^16aCome and hear, all who ¹fear God,

And I will ^btell of what He has done for my soul.

¹⁷I cried to Him with my mouth,

And ¹He was ^aextolled with my tongue.

¹⁸If I ^1aregard wickedness in my heart,

The ^bLord ²will not ³hear;

¹⁹But certainly ^aGod has heard;

He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

^20aBlessed be God,

Who ^bhas not turned away my prayer

Nor His lovingkindness from me.