Psalms 66

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

For the music director. A Song. A Psalm.

1 ^aShout joyfully to God, all the earth;
2 Sing the ^bglory of His name;
Make His ^cpraise glorious.
3 Say to God, “How ^dawesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will ^epretend to obey You.
4 “ ^fAll the earth will worship You,
And will ^gsing praises to You;
They will sing praises to Your name.” Selah

5 ^hCome and see the works of God,
Who is ⁱawesome in His deeds toward the sons of mankind.
6 He ^jturned the sea into dry land;
They passed through ^kthe river on foot;
Let’s ^lrejoice there, in Him!
7 He ^mrules by His might forever;
His ⁿeyes keep watch on the nations;
The rebellious shall not ^oexalt themselves! Selah

8 Bless our God, you peoples,
And ▼

▼Lit cause to hear the sound of His praise

, ^qsound His praise abroad,
9 Who ▼

▼Lit puts our soul in life

, ^skeeps us in life,
And ^tdoes not allow our feet to ▼

▼Or dodder, stumble

slip.
10 For You have ^vput us to the test, God;
You have ^wrefined us as silver is refined.
11 You ^xbrought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon ▼

▼Lit our loins

us.
12 You made men ^zride over our heads;
We went through ^aafire and through water.
Yet You ^abbrought us out into a place of abundance.
13 I shall ^accome into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall ^adpay You my vows,
14 Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke when I was ^aein distress.
15 I shall ^afoffer to You burnt offerings of fat animals,
With the smoke of ^agrams;
I shall make an offering of ▼

▼Or cattle

bulls with male goats. Selah

16 ^aiCome and hear, all who ▼

▼Or revere

fear God,
And I will ^aktell of what He has done for my soul.
17 I cried to Him with my mouth,
And ▼

▼Or praise was under my tongue

He was ^amexalted with my tongue.
18 If I ▼

▼Or had regarded

, ^aoregard wickedness in my heart,
The ^apLord will not hear;
19 But ^aqGod has heard;
He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.
20 ^arBlessed be God,
Who ^ashas not turned away my prayer
Nor His favor from me.