Psalm 66

¹Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

²Sing to the glory of his name!

Offer glory and praise!

³Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds!

Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

⁴All the earth will worship you,

and will sing to you;

they will sing to your name.”

⁵Come, and see God’s deeds—

awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land.

They went through the river on foot.

There, we rejoiced in him.

⁷He rules by his might forever.

His eyes watch the nations.

Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him.

⁸Praise our God, you peoples!

Make the sound of his praise heard,

⁹who preserves our life amongst the living,

and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

¹⁰For you, God, have tested us.

You have refined us, as silver is refined.

¹¹You brought us into prison.

You laid a burden on our backs.

¹²You allowed men to ride over our heads.

We went through fire and through water,

but you brought us to the place of abundance.

¹³I will come into your temple with burnt offerings.

I will pay my vows to you, ¹⁴which my lips promised,

and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

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

with the offering of rams,

I will offer bulls with goats.

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God.

I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth.

He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸If I cherished sin in my heart,

the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹But most certainly, God has listened.

He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer,

nor his loving kindness from me.