Psalms66

¹To the choirmaster . A Song . A Psalm . Shout for joy to God , all the earth ;

²sing the glory of his name ; give to him glorious praise !

³Say to God , How awesome are your deeds ! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

⁴All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name . Selah

⁵Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man .

⁶He turned the sea into dry land ; they passed through the river on foot . There did we rejoice in him,

⁷who rules by his might forever , 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 our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip .

¹⁰For you, O God , have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried .

¹¹You brought us into the net ; you laid a crushing burden on our backs ;

¹²you let men ride over our heads ; we went through fire and through water ; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance .

¹³I will come into your house with burnt offerings ; I will perform my vows to you,

¹⁴that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble .

¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals , 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 my soul .

¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth , and high praise was on my tongue .

¹⁸If I had cherished iniquity in my heart , the Lord would not have listened .

¹⁹But truly God has listened ; he has attended to the voice of my prayer .

²⁰Blessed be God , because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!