Psalm 66–67

Psalm 66

For the choir director: A song. A psalm.

¹Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth!

²Sing about the glory of his name!

Tell the world how glorious he is.

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

Your enemies cringe before your mighty power.

⁴Everything on earth will worship you;

they will sing your praises,

shouting your name in glorious songs.”

Interlude

⁵Come and see what our God has done,

what awesome miracles he performs for people!

⁶He made a dry path through the Red Sea,

and his people went across on foot.

There we rejoiced in him.

⁷For by his great power he rules forever.

He watches every movement of the nations;

let no rebel rise in defiance.

Interlude

⁸Let the whole world bless our God

and loudly sing his praises.

⁹Our lives are in his hands,

and he keeps our feet from stumbling.

¹⁰You have tested us, O God;

you have purified us like silver.

¹¹You captured us in your net

and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.

¹²Then you put a leader over us.

We went through fire and flood,

but you brought us to a place of great abundance.

¹³Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings

to fulfill the vows I made to you—

¹⁴yes, the sacred vows that I made

when I was in deep trouble.

¹⁵That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings to you—

the best of my rams as a pleasing aroma,

and a sacrifice of bulls and male goats.

Interlude

¹⁶Come and listen, all you who fear God,

and I will tell you what he did for me.

¹⁷For I cried out to him for help,

praising him as I spoke.

¹⁸If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

¹⁹But God did listen!

He paid attention to my prayer.

²⁰Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer

or withdraw his unfailing love from me.

Psalm 67

For the choir director: A song. A psalm, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

¹May God be merciful and bless us.

May his face smile with favor on us.

Interlude

²May your ways be known throughout the earth,

your saving power among people everywhere.

³May the nations praise you, O God.

Yes, may all the nations praise you.

⁴Let the whole world sing for joy,

because you govern the nations with justice

and guide the people of the whole world.

Interlude

⁵May the nations praise you, O God.

Yes, may all the nations praise you.

⁶Then the earth will yield its harvests,

and God, our God, will richly bless us.

⁷Yes, God will bless us,

and people all over the world will fear him.