Psalms 66:11-20 in English

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

¹² Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³ I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me.

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into the net; thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³ I will come into thy house with burnt offerings, I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt offerings of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear:

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

¹¹ It is as if you allowed us to fall into traps MET, and you forced us to endure difficult things which were like putting heavy loads on our backs MET.

¹² You allowed our enemies to trample on us; we experienced difficulties/troubles that were like MET walking through fires and floods, but now you have brought us into a place where we have plenty.

¹³ Yahweh, I will bring to your temple offerings that are to be completely burned on the altar; I will offer to you what I promised.

¹⁴ When I was experiencing much trouble, I said that I would bring offerings to you if you rescued me; and you did rescue me, so I will bring to you what I promised.

¹⁵ I will bring sheep to be burned on the altar, and I will also sacrifice bulls and goats, and when they are burning, you will be pleased when the smoke rises up ◄ to you/to the sky►.

¹⁶ All you people who revere God, come and listen, and I will tell you what he has done for me.

¹⁷ I called out to him to help me, and I praised him while I was speaking to him MTY.

¹⁸ If I had ignored the sins that I had committed, the Lord would not have paid any attention to me.

¹⁹ But because I confessed my sins, God has listened to me and he paid attention to my prayers.

²⁰ I praise God because he has not ignored my prayers or stopped faithfully loving me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

¹² You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

¹³ I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

¹⁴ Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵ I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)

¹⁶ Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

¹⁸ I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

¹⁹ But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

¹² Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.

¹³ I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵ I will offer up unto thee burnt-offerings of fatted beasts, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.

¹⁹ But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me!

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

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

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

¹⁴ the promises I made when I was in trouble.

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

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

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

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

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

²⁰ Praise God, who did not disregard my prayer or take his trustworthy love from me.

¹¹ Thou hast brought vs into the snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ryde ouer our heads: we went into fire and into water, but thou broughtest vs out into a welthie place.

¹³ I will go into thine House with burnt offrings, and will pay thee my vowes,

¹⁴ Which my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hath spoken in mine affliction.

¹⁵ I will offer vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hearken, all ye that feare God, and I will tell you what he hath done to my soule.

¹⁷ I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.

¹⁹ But God hath heard me, and considered the voyce of my prayer.

²⁰ Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.

¹¹ Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but Thou didst bring us out unto abundance.

¹³ I will come into Thy house with burnt-offerings, I will perform unto Thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer unto Thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, with the sweet smoke of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come, and hearken, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I had regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear;

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me.

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water: But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear me:

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his mercy from me.

¹¹ Thou hast brought us into the net; thou hast placed fetters upon our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride on our head: we entered into fire and into water; but thou broughtest us out to the enjoyment of overflowing plenty. a

¹³ I will enter thy house with burnt-offerings: I will pay unto thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ Burnt-offerings of fatlings will I offer up unto thee, with the incense of rams; I will prepare steers with he-goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come, hear, and I will relate, all ye that fear God, what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ Unto him I cried with my mouth, and a song of extolling was on my tongue.

¹⁸ If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard;

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; he hath listened to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who hath not removed my prayer from him, nor his kindness from me.

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into a snare, And didst lay a heavy burden upon our backs;

¹² Thou didst cause men to ride upon our heads, And we have gone through fire and water: But thou hast brought us to a place of abundance.

¹³ I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings! I will pay thee my vows,—

¹⁴ The vows which my lips uttered. Which my mouth promised in my trouble.

¹⁵ Burnt sacrifices of fatlings will I offer to thee with the fat of rams; Bullocks, with he-goats, will I sacrifice to thee. Pause.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all ye who fear God, And I will relate what he hath done for me!

¹⁷ I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.

¹⁸ If I had meditated wickedness in my heart, The Lord would not have heard me:

¹⁹ But surely God hath heard me; He hath had regard to the voice of my supplication.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer, Nor withhold his mercy from me!

¹¹ You did bring us into prison, and put chains upon us,

¹² you did let people ride over our head. We went through fire and through water, but you led us out to a spacious place.

¹³ I will enter your house with burnt-offerings, I will pay to you my vows,

¹⁴ which my open lips have uttered, arid my mouth has declared in my straits.

¹⁵ I will offer you offerings of fatlings, with the odour of burning rams, I will sacrifice bullocks with goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come and hear my story all who fear God — of what he has done for me.

¹⁷ For my mouth had no sooner invoked him than his praise was under my tongue.

¹⁸ Had I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would never have listened.

¹⁹ But assuredly God has listened, and attended to my loud prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who turned not aside my prayer, nor withdrew his kindness from me.

¹¹ You did bring us into prison, and put chains upon us,

¹² you did let people ride over our head. We went through fire and through water, but you led us out to a spacious place.

¹³ I will enter your house with burnt-offerings, I will pay to you my vows,

¹⁴ which my open lips have uttered, arid my mouth has declared in my straits.

¹⁵ I will offer you offerings of fatlings, with the odour of burning rams, I will sacrifice bullocks with goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come and hear my story all who fear God — of what he has done for me.

¹⁷ For my mouth had no sooner invoked him than his praise was under my tongue.

¹⁸ Had I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would never have listened.

¹⁹ But assuredly God has listened, and attended to my loud prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who turned not aside my prayer, nor withdrew his kindness from me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

¹⁶ Come, and sh'ma ·hear obey·, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have sh'ma ·heard obeyed·.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has sh'ma ·heard obeyed·. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ You brought us into a net; you laid a heavy burden on our backs.

¹² You made people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us out into a spacious place.

¹³ I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows

¹⁴ which my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals with the sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth, and he was praised with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I had seen sin within my heart, the Lord would not have listened to me.

¹⁹ But God has truly heard; he has paid attention to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer or his covenant faithfulness from me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ Thou hast brought us into the net; thou hast laid affliction upon our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place .

¹³ I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵ I will offer to thee burnt-sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the LORD will not hear me :

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard me ; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

¹⁴ which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

¹⁹ But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

¹¹ Thou leddest us into a snare, thou puttedest tribulations in our back;

¹² thou settedest or puttest men on our heads. We passed by or through fire and water; and thou leddest us out into refreshing.

¹³ I shall enter into thine house in burnt sacrifices; I shall yield to thee my vows,

¹⁴ which my lips spake distinctly. And my mouth spake in my tribulation;

¹⁵ I shall offer to thee burnt sacrifices full of marrow, with the burning of rams; I shall offer to thee oxes or oxen with bucks of goats.

¹⁶ All ye that dread God, come and hear, and I shall tell; how great things he hath done to my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth; and I joyed fully or full out joyed under my tongue.

¹⁸ If I beheld wickedness in mine heart; the Lord shall not hear.

¹⁹ Therefore God heard; and he per-ceived the voice of my beseeching.

²⁰ Blessed be God; that removed not my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

¹¹ Thou leddest us into a snare, thou puttedest tribulations in our back; (Thou hast led us into a trap, thou hast put troubles upon our backs;)

¹² thou settedest men on our heads. We passed by fire and water; and thou leddest us out into refreshing. (thou settedest men to ride upon our heads. We passed through fire and water; and then thou leddest us out into refreshing.)

¹³ I shall enter into thine house in burnt sacrifices; I shall yield to thee my vows, (I shall enter into thy House with burnt sacrifices; I shall pay my vows to thee,)

¹⁴ which my lips spake distinctly. And my mouth spake in my tribulation; (which my lips shall speak clearly, or distinctly. Yea, what I said I would do, when I was in trouble, and you helped me.)

¹⁵ I shall offer to thee burnt sacrifices full of marrow, with the burning of rams; I shall offer to thee oxes with bucks of goats.

¹⁶ All ye that dread God, come and hear, and I shall tell; how great things he hath done to my soul. (All ye who fear God, come and listen; and I shall tell you what great things he hath done for my soul./All ye who revere God, come and listen; and I shall tell you what great things he hath done for me.)

¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth; and I joyed fully under my tongue. (I cried to him with my mouth; and I praised him with my tongue.)

¹⁸ If I beheld wickedness in mine heart; the Lord shall not hear. (And if I had still held wickedness in my heart; then the Lord would not have heard me.)

¹⁹ Therefore God heard; and he perceived the voice of my beseeching. (But truly God did hear me; and he hath listened to the words of my plea.)

²⁰ Blessed be God; that removed not my prayer, nor his mercy from me. (Blessed be God; who did not turn my prayer away, nor kept back his love from me.)

¹¹ Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.

¹² Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

¹³ I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,

¹⁴ For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:

¹⁵ 'Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah.

¹⁶ Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.

¹⁷ Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue.

¹⁸ Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

¹⁹ But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Blessed is God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!