Psalms 66

Psalms 66:1  
Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

Psalms 66:2  
Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!

Psalms 66:3  
Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

Psalms 66:4  
All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.

Psalms 66:5  
Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

Psalms 66:6  
He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

Psalms 66:7  
He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

Psalms 66:8  
Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

Psalms 66:9  
who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

Psalms 66:10  
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Psalms 66:11  
You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

Psalms 66:12  
You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

Psalms 66:13  
I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

Psalms 66:14  
which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

Psalms 66:15  
I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

Psalms 66:16  
Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

Psalms 66:17  
I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

Psalms 66:18  
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

Psalms 66:19  
But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

Psalms 66:20  
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.


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