Psalm 66
Praise for God’s Mighty Acts
For the choir director. A song. A psalm.
1 Let the whole earth shout joyfully to God!(A)
2 Sing about the glory of his name;
make his praise glorious.(B)
3 Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are your works!
Your enemies will cringe before you
because of your great strength.(C)
4 The whole earth will worship you
and sing praise to you.
They will sing praise to your name.”(D)Selah
5 Come and see the wonders of God;(E)
his acts for humanity[a] are awe-inspiring.
6 He turned the sea into dry land,
and they crossed the river on foot.(F)
There we rejoiced in him.(G)
7 He rules forever by his might;
he keeps his eye on the nations.(H)
The rebellious should not exalt themselves.(I)Selah
8 Bless our God, you peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard.(J)
9 He keeps us alive[b]
and does not allow our feet to slip.(K)
10 For you, God, tested us;
you refined us as silver is refined.(L)
11 You lured us into a trap;
you placed burdens on our backs.(M)
12 You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but you brought us out to abundance.[c](N)
13 I will enter your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay you my vows(O)
14 that my lips promised
and my mouth spoke during my distress.(P)
15 I will offer you fattened sheep as burnt offerings,
with the fragrant smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice bulls with goats.(Q)Selah
16 Come and listen, all who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.(R)
17 I cried out to him with my mouth,
and praise was on my tongue.(S)
18 If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.(T)
19 However, God has listened;
he has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.(U)
20 Blessed be God!
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned his faithful love from me.(V)
Footnotes
- 66:5 Or for the descendants of Adam
- 66:9 Lit He sets our soul in life
- 66:12 Or a place of satisfaction
Cross references
- 66:1 : Ps 98:4; 100:1
- 66:1–2 : 1Ch 16:29; Ps 48:10
- 66:3 : Ps 18:44; 47:2; 145:6
- 66:4 : Ps 72:11; Is 66:23; Zph 2:11
- 66:5 : Ps 46:8
- 66:6 : Ex 14:21; Ps 106:9
- 66:6 : Ex 15:1–21
- 66:7 : Ps 14:2; 33:13–14; Pr 15:3
- 66:7 : Ps 140:8
- 66:8 : Ps 98:4
- 66:9 : Ps 94:18; 121:3
- 66:10 : Jb 23:10; Ps 17:3; Is 48:10
- 66:11 : Lm 1:13; Ezk 12:13; 17:20
- 66:12 : Ps 18:19; Is 43:2
- 66:13 : Nm 30:2; Dt 23:21–23; Ps 22:25; 116:14; Ec 5:4
- 66:14 : Ps 18:6; Jnh 2:9
- 66:15 : Nm 6:14; Ps 51:19
- 66:16 : Ps 9:1; 34:11; 71:15,24
- 66:17 : Ps 35:28
- 66:18 : Jb 36:21; Jn 9:31
- 66:19 : Ps 116:1–2
- 66:20 : Ps 22:24; 68:35