Psalms 66:1-19

¹For the music director. A song. A psalm. Everyone on earth, shout for joy to God!

²Sing about his marvelous reputation; praise him for his goodness!

³Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.

⁴Everyone on earth worships you, singing your praises—singing praises because of who you are.” Selah.

⁵Come and see what God has done! What he does for people is truly awesome!

⁶He turned the Red Sea into dry land, and his people walked across through the waters. We celebrated there because of what he did.

⁷He rules forever through his power. He keeps an eye on the nations, watching to make sure no rebels rise up in opposition. Selah.

⁸Let all people everywhere bless our God, and loudly sing praises to him.

⁹He has kept us alive, and he has not let us fall.

¹⁰God, you have tested us, refining us like silver.

¹¹You caught us in your net; you placed heavy burdens on our backs.

¹²You let people ride roughshod over us; we suffered through fire and flooding, but you brought us to a safe place.

¹³I will come to your Temple with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my promises to you,

¹⁴the promises I made when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will sacrifice burnt offerings to you of fattened livestock—the smoke of the sacrifice of rams, offerings of bulls and goats. Selah.

¹⁶Come and listen, everyone who honors God, and I will tell you all he has done for me.

¹⁷I called out to him, and praised him with my voice.

¹⁸If my thinking had been sinful, the Lord would not have listened to me.

¹⁹But God did hear me! He listened to what I had to say in my prayer!