Psalms 66

1 Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

1Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David.

1 Shout aloud untoGod, all the earth:

2Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

2May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

2 Sing forth the glory of his name, make his praise glorious;

3Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

3That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.

3 Say untoGod, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.

4Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)

4Let people confess to thee, O God: let all people give praise to thee.

4 All the earth shall worship thee, and sing psalms unto thee: they shall sing forth thy name. Selah.

5Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

5Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

5 Come and see the works ofGod: he is terrible in [his] doings toward the children of men.

6The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

6Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give praise to thee:

6 He turned the sea into dry [land]; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

7He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

7The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us,

7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

8Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

8May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.

8 Bless ourGod, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

9Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

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9 Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

10For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

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10 For thou, OGod, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

11You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

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11 Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

12You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

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12 Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.

13I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

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13 I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,

14Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

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14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

15I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)

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15 I will offer up unto thee burnt-offerings of fatted beasts, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

16Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

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16 Come, hear, all ye that fearGod, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

17My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

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17 I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

18I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

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18 Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.

19But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

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19 ButGod hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

20Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

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20 Blessed beGod, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me!