PSALM 66

Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel

Psalm 66:1 Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;

Psalm 66:2 sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

Psalm 66:3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.

Psalm 66:4 All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name.”

Psalm 66:5 Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds among men.

Psalm 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land; men passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,

Psalm 66:7 who rules by his might for ever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations let not the rebellious exalt themselves.

Psalm 66:8 Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard,

Psalm 66:9 who has kept us among the living, and has not let our feet slip.

Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Psalm 66:11 You brought us into the net; you laid affliction on our backs;

Psalm 66:12 you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us forth to a spacious place.

Psalm 66:13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows,

Psalm 66:14 that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

Psalm 66:15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats.

Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me.

Psalm 66:17 I cried aloud to him, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Psalm 66:19 But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Psalm 66:20 Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his merciful love from me!