Psalms 66

1- To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm. - Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:● 2Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.● 3Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.● 4Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)● 5Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.● 6The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.● 7He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)● 8Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;● 9Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.● 10For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.● 11You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.● 12You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.● 13I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,● 14Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.● 15I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)● 16Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.● 17My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.● 18I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:● 19But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.● 20Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.●