Psalm 66

¹ O all ye lands, a joyful noise

unto God do ye raise.

² Sing forth the honour of his name:

make glorious his praise.

³ How dreadful in thy works art thou?

unto the Lord say ye:

through thy pow’rs’ greatness thy foes shall

submit themselves to thee.

⁴ All they shall bow themselves to thee

that dwell upon the earth,

and sing unto thee, they shall sing

unto thy name with mirth. Selah.

⁵ Come hither, also of the works

of God take ye notice,

he in his doing terrible

towards men’s children is.

⁶ He did the sea into dry land

convert, a way they had

on foot to pass the river through,

there we in him were glad.

⁷ He ruleth by his pow’r for ev’r,

his eyes the nations spy:

let not those that rebellious are

lift up themselves on high. Selah.

⁸ Ye people bless our God, and make

his praises voice be heard.

⁹ Which holds our soul in life, our feet

nor suffers to be stirr’d.

¹⁰ For God thou hast proved, thou hast

us tri’d as silver’s tri’d.

¹¹ Into the net brought us, thou hast

on our loins straitness tied.

¹² Men o’er our heads thou mad’st to ride,

through fire and water pass

did we, but us thou brought’st into

a place that wealthy was.

¹³ With off’rings I’ll go to thine house:

my vows I’ll pay to thee.

¹⁴ Which my lips utter’d, and mouth spake,

when trouble was on me.

¹⁵ Burnt off’rings I’ll offer to thee

that full of fatness are,

with the incense of rams, I will

bullocks with goats prepare. Selah.

¹⁶ Come hearken unto me all ye

of God that fearers are,

and what he hath done for my soul

to you I will declare.

¹⁷ With mouth I cry’d to him, and with

my tongue extoll’d was he.

¹⁸ If in my heart I sin regard

the Lord will not hear me.

¹⁹ But God that is most mighty hath

me heard assuredly;

unto the voice of my pray’r he

listen’d attentively.