GodsWord - Psalms - 66

66:1  Shout happily to God, all the earth!

66:2  Make music to praise the glory of his name. Make his praise glorious.

66:3  Say to God, "How awe-inspiring are your deeds! Your power is so great that your enemies will cringe in front of you.

66:4  The whole earth will worship you. It will make music to praise you. It will make music to praise your name." Selah

66:5  Come and see what God has done-- his awe-inspiring deeds for Adam's descendants.

66:6  He turned the sea into dry land. They crossed the river on foot. We rejoiced because of what he did there.

66:7  He rules forever with his might. His eyes watch the nations. Rebels will not be able to oppose him. Selah

66:8  Thank our God, you nations. Make the sound of his praise heard.

66:9  He has kept us alive and has not allowed us to fall.

66:10  You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.

66:11  You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.

66:12  You let people ride over our heads. We went through fire and water, but then you brought us out and refreshed us.

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

66:14  the vows made by my lips and spoken by my own mouth when I was in trouble.

66:15  I will offer you a sacrifice of fattened livestock for burnt offerings with the smoke from rams. I will offer cattle and goats. Selah

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

66:17  With my mouth I cried out to him. High praise was on my tongue.

66:18  If I had thought about doing anything sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.

66:19  But God has heard me. He has paid attention to my prayer.

66:20  Thanks be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or taken away his mercy from me.