Psalm 66–67

PSALM 66

To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.

¹Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;

²sing the glory of his name;

give to him glorious praise!

³Say to God, “How terrible are thy deeds!

So great is thy power that thy enemies cringe before thee.

⁴All the earth worships thee;

they sing praises to thee,

sing praises to thy name.” Selah

⁵Come and see what God has done:

he is terrible in his deeds among men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land;

men passed through the river on foot.

There did we rejoice in him,

⁷who rules by his might for ever,

whose eyes keep watch on the nations—

let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸Bless our God, O peoples,

let the sound of his praise be heard,

⁹who has kept us among the living,

and has not let our feet slip.

¹⁰For thou, O God, hast tested us;

thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

¹¹Thou didst bring us into the net;

thou didst lay affliction on our loins;

¹²thou didst let men ride over our heads;

we went through fire and through water;

yet thou hast brought us forth to a spacious place.^c

¹³I will come into thy house with burnt offerings;

I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴that which my lips uttered

and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will offer to thee burnt offerings of fatlings,

with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;

I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God,

and I will tell what he has done for me.

¹⁷I cried aloud to him,

and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

¹⁹But truly God has listened;

he has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God,

because he has not rejected my prayer

or removed his steadfast love from me!

PSALM 67

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

¹May God be gracious to us and bless us

and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

²that thy way may be known upon earth,

thy saving power among all nations.

³Let the peoples praise thee, O God;

let all the peoples praise thee!

⁴Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for thou dost judge the peoples with equity

and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

⁵Let the peoples praise thee, O God;

let all the peoples praise thee!

⁶The earth has yielded its increase;

God, our God, has blessed us.

⁷God has blessed us;

let all the ends of the earth fear him!